Suarez and Cavani to lead Uruguay attack
Reuters - Monday 09 July 2012, 15:16
World Cup strikers Luis
Suarez and Edinson Cavani will lead Uruguay's attack in the
Olympic football tournament at the London Games.
Suarez and his Liverpool team-mate Sebastian Coates were
named along with Napoli's Cavani in a 18-man squad officially
announced by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) on Monday.
Midfielder Egidio Arevalo Rios of Mexico's Tijuana, who is
29, and 25-year-olds Suarez and Cavani, all members of the
Uruguay side that reached the 2010 World Cup semi-finals, are
the three permitted over-age players in the under-23 squad.
Uruguay are back in the Olympic football tournament for the
first time since they won successive gold medals in 1924 and
1928.
Twice silver medal winners Brazil also represent South
America but Argentina, who won the last two tournaments in
Athens and Beijing, did not qualify for the London Games.
Uruguay are in Group A with hosts Britain, Senegal and
United Arab Emirates.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Martin Campana (Cerro Largo), Leandro Gelpi
(Penarol)
Defenders: Sebastian Coates (Liverpool), Diego Polenta
(Genoa), Ramon Arias (Defensor Sporting) , Alexis Rolin
(Nacional), Emiliano Albin (Penarol), Matias Aguirregaray
(Palermo)
Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo Rios (Tijuana), Maximiliano
Calzada (Nacional), Diego Rodriguez (Defensor Sporting), Gaston
Ramirez (Bologna), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax Amsterdam), Jonathan
Urretaviscaya (Vitoria de Guimaraes)
Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Edinson Cavani (Napoli),
Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Tabare Viudez (Nacional)