Uruguay confirms 20 players abroad for matches against Ecuador, Argentina

Coach from the Uruguayan soccer national team Oscar Tabarez called up on Thursday 20 Uruguayan players of foreign club for the matches against Ecuador and Argentina in the World Cup qualifying.

These will be last two dates for the Uruguayan team and it has to win point to get a ticket. Tabarez will announce the full squadon Sunday.

Uruguay is in 6th place of the general board with 21 points, Ecuador is in 4th place with 23 and Argentina in playoffs with 22 points.

Uruguay will face Ecuador in Quito on Oct. 10, and will face Argentina in Montevideo, on Oct. 14.

Following is the players list presented by Tabarez:

Goalkeepers: Juan Castillo (Botafogo, Brazil), Fernando Muslera (Lazio, Italy).

Defenders: Martin Caceres (Juventus, Italy), Mauricio Victorino (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Diego Lugano (Fenerbahce, Turky), Andres Scotti (Argentinos, Argentina), Bruno Silva (Ajax, Holland),Jorge Fucile (Porto, Portugal), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica, Portugal).

Midfielders: Alvaro Fernandez (Vitoria, Portugal, Sebastian Eguren (Villarreal, Spain), Walter Gargano (Napoli, Italy), Diego Perez (Monaco, France), Cristian Rodriguez (Porto, Portugal), Alvaro Pereira (Porto, Portugal.

Forwards: Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Sebastian Fernandez (Banfield, Argentina), Luis Suarez (Ajax, Holland), Sebastian Abreu (Aris, Greece), Edison Cavani (Palermo, Italy).

Source: Xinhua