Forlán names first Uruguay squad, leaves Canobbio out | OneFootball

Fluminense forward, who was in the last World Cup, is left out of the 26-man squad announced by La Celeste’s interim coach

Coach Diego Forlán announced his first squad as head of the Uruguay national team this Wednesday. For the final list of 26 players, the manager included three players who play in Brazilian football: Guillermo Varela and Arrascaeta, of Flamengo, and Piquerez, of Palmeiras, but left out forward Agustín Canobbio, of Fluminense, who had been regularly called up by La Celeste and was part of the squad that played in the last World Cup.

Check out Uruguay’s full list of call-ups:

Goalkeepers: Santiago Mele (Independiente), Cristopher Fiermarín (Bucaramanga) and Thiago Cardozo (Belgrano);

Defenders: Guillermo Varela (Flamengo), Nahitan Nández (Al-Qadisiyah), Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal), Ronald Araujo (Liverpool), José María Giménez (Deportivo La Coruña), Juan Rodríguez (Cagliari), Sebastián Cáceres (Celta), Mathías Olivera (Napoli), Joaquín Piquerez (Palmeiras) and Juan Manuel Sanabria (Real Salt Lake);

Midfielders: Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray), Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham), Facundo Bernal (Betis), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos), Maximiliano Araújo (Sporting CP), Brian Rodríguez (América), Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting CP) and Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo);

Forwards: Martín Satriano (Getafe), Federico Viñas (Toluca), Rodrigo Aguirre (Tigres) and Darwin Núñez (Diriyah Club).

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