2 years ago
The coach of the Uruguayan national team Diego Alonso has announced a preliminary squad for the upcoming 2022 FIFA world cup to be held in Qatar.Alonso led his side to finnish third in the just ended Conmebol campaign after they parted ways with Oscar Tabarez ,masterminding their era of gold .
The infamous hand of the devil exhibited on the field of play by their talisman Luiz Suarez got Ghana a second chance to make the mark but unfortunately the highest goal scorer for africa at the world cup couldnt beat young muslera as Ghana jumped into penalty shootout falling for the hard take of not going to the their first ever semi final in the nations history and in the history and in the history of the tournament.
Here is Diego Alonso prelim. squad.
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Sergio Rochet (Nacional), Guillermo de Amores (Lanus), Sebastian Sosa (Independiente), Santiago Mele (Union), Gaston Olveira (Olimpia).
Defenders: Diego Godin (Velez Sarsfield), Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid), Ronald Araujo (Barcelona), Federico Pereira (Liverpool Montevideo), Jose Luis Rodriguez (Nacional), Gaston Alvarez (Getafe), Santiago Bueno (Girona), Alfonso Espino (Cadiz), Lucas Olaza (Real Valladolid), Agustin Rogel (Hertha Berlin), Damian Suarez (Getafe), Giovanni Gonzalez (Mallorca), Bruno Mendez (Corinthians), Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), Matias Vina (Roma), Sebastian Coates (Sporting Lisbon), Martin Caceres (LA Galaxy), Mathias Olivera (Napoli), Guillermo Varela (Flamengo), Sebastian Caceres (America), Joaquin Piquerez (Palmeiras).
Midfielders: Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Lisbon), Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham), Nicolas de la Cruz (River Plate), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo), Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Matias Vecino (Lazio), Mauro Arambarri (Getafe), Fernando Gorriaran (Santos Laguna), Cesar Araujo (Orlando City), Maximiliano Araujo (Puebla), Felipe Carballo (Nacional), Fabricio Diaz (Liverpool Montevideo).
Forwards: Diego Rossi (Fenerbahce), Maxi Gomez (Trabzonspor), Facundo Torres (Orlando City), Edinson Cavani (Valencia), Facundo Pellistri (Manchester United), Agustin Alvarez (Sassuolo), Agustin Canobbio (Athletico Paranaense), David Terans (Athletico Paranaense), Brian Ocampo (Cadiz), Martin Satriano (Empoli), Thiago Borbas (River Plate Montevideo), Nicolas Lopez (UANL).
The black stars will be approaching this team with the best of intentions as our Otto will figure out one or two on how to help the ghanaian's to see this side no more .
Final confirmation is due november 14th with FIFA to announce all 32 squads officially on the next day.
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