MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The Uruguay national team left for Guadalajara on Monday for Wednesday's friendly match with Mexico, local media reported.
The match is partly a warm-up for the play-off with Australia, due on Nov. 12 in Montevideo with a return leg on Nov. 16 in Sydney. The winner of the November competition will qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Once in Guadalajara, six Uruguyans who play in Mexico will linkup with the players flown in from Uruguay, who all play in the Uruguayan leagues.
The complete squad for the Mexico friendly is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Sergio Navarro (Miramar Missiones, Uruguay) and Juan Castillo (Defensor Sporting, Uruguay)
Defenders: Car;ps Garcia (Liverpool, Uruguay), Diego Godin (Cerro, Uruguay), Pablo Melo (Danubio, Uruguay), Pablo Lima (Danubio, Uruguay) and Guillermo Rodriguez (Atlas, Mexico)
Wingers: Gabriel Alcoba (Wanderers, Uruguay), Dario Flores (River Plate, Uruguay), Omar Pouso (Danubio, Uruguay), Rodrigo Vazquez (Nacional, Uruguay), Maximiliano Pereira (Defenso Sporting,Uruguay) and Martin Liguera (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
Forwards: Enzo Scorza (Danubio, Uruguay), Walter Lopez (River Plate, Uruguay), Sergio Blanco (Wanderers, Uruguay), Gonzalo Castro (Nacional, Uruguay), Nicolas Vigneri (Fenix, Uruguay), Richard Nunez (Cruz Azul, Mexico), Sebastian Abreu (Dorados, Mexico) and Vicente Sanchez and Pablo Granoche, both of Toluca, Mexico. Enditem |