Four LaLiga players, among the novelties of Diego Alonso’s first list

The defenders Alfonso Espino, of Cádiz, Matías Olivera, of Getafe, Y Leandro Cabrera, of RCD Espanyol, and the forward of the Alaves Facundo Pellistri are part of the fourteen novelties of the first list of Diego Alonso as selector of Uruguay after relieving Oscar Washington Tabárez on the Celeste bench, with a view to the double confrontation of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

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In addition to these four, eight other footballers who play LaLiga Santander were summoned by the new Uruguayan coach: Jose Maria Gimenez Y Luis Suarez (Athletic), Ronald Araújo (Barça), Damián Suárez and Mauro Arambarri (Getafe), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Maxi Gomez (Valencia) and Christian Stuani (Girona).

14 new releases

Sebastián Sosa, Guillermo de Amores, Santiago Mele, Emanuel Gularte, Leandro Cabrera, Matías Olivera, Alfonso Espino, César Araújo, Martín Satriano, Santiago Rodríguez, Facundo Pellistri, Agustín Canobbio, Nicolás López Y Nicolas Vikonis They are the new faces of an extensive list of 50 reserved, from which the final one will be released on January 21.

At the press conference he offered on January 4, when he was presented by Ignacio Alonso, president of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), the new national coach indicated that the list would not only include foreign reserves, but also local competition in anticipation that some of them could go abroad in the pass market.

In addition, the proliferation of injuries and Covid-19 cases has forced the coaching staff to include many more names than usual to prevent last minute discards from decimating the team.

He will debut against Paraguay

Alonso will debut as a coach for La Celeste on January 27 against Paraguay as a visitor, he is also in need of points, since he is penultimate in the table.

Later, on the first of February, Uruguay will receive Venezuela, last and without qualifying options, at the Centenario Stadium.

The last two duels that La Celeste will face to try to reach Qatar will be against Peru, as a local, and Chile, as a visitor.

Uruguay is seventh, with 16 points, the same as Chile -6th, with the best balance of goals-.

The list of reserved by Diego Alonso is the next:

• Goalkeepers: Sebastián Sosa (Independent), Martín Campaña (Al Batin), Kevin Dawson (Peñarol), Sergio Rochet (National), Santiago Mele (Plaza Colonia), Guillermo de Amores (Deportivo Cali) and Nicolás Vikonis (Mazatlán)

• Defenses: Diego Godín (Cagliari), José María Giménez (Atlético), Guillermo Varela (Dinamo Moscow), Pacha Espino (Cádiz), Sebastián Coates (Sporting Portugal), Ronald Araujo (Barça), Martín Cáceres (Cagliari), Damián Suárez (Getafe ), Joaquín Piquerez (Palmeiras), Giovanni González (Peñarol), Sebastián Cáceres (America), Emanuel Gularte (Puebla), Bruno Méndez (International), Agustín Oliveros (Necaxa), Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol), Matías Viña (Rome) and Matías Olivera (Getafe)

• Midfielders: Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), Fernando Gorriarán (Santos Laguna), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), Mauro Arambarri (Getafe), Matías Vecino (Inter), Manuel Ugarte (Sporting Portugal), Facundo Torres (Peñarol), César Araújo (Wanderers) , Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari) and Agustín Canobbio (Peñarol).

• Forwards: Martín Satriano (Inter), Brian Ocampo (without a team), Diego Rossi (Fenerbahce), Santiago Rodríguez (New York City), Fede Martínez (León), Facundo Pellistri (Alavés), Luis Suárez (Atlético), Edinson Cavani (Manchester United), Darwin Núñez (Benfica), Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul), Maxi Gómez (Valencia), Nicolás López (Tigres UANL), Agustín Álvarez Martínez (Peñarol) and Christian Stuani (Girona).