World Cup CHECK| Uruguay dream storm Suarez/Cavani should fix it

In Russia, the Copa America record winners are now taking part in a final tournament for the 13th time and will face the outsiders Egypt and Saudi Arabia as well as the host team in Group A. Reaching the round of XNUMX again is therefore a must.

After failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, Oscar Tabarez took over as coach and is now the longest-serving and oldest team boss at the World Cup in Russia. The now 71-year-old led “La Celeste” (The Sky Blue) back on the road to success. In 2010, the team only ended with a 2-3 defeat in the World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands. A year later, Uruguay won the Copa America for the 15th and last time.

Four years ago there was a 1:3 opening defeat against the sensational team from Costa Rica, but with victories over England (2:1) and Italy (1:0) they still managed to advance to the round of 0, where they finished 2:XNUMX against Colombia came the end. The game against the Italians in particular was on everyone's lips for months because of superstar Luis Suarez's biting attack. The goalscorer bit his opponent Giorgio Chiellini (ITA) on the shoulder.

Suarez was therefore banned from all football activities for nine competitive international matches and four months. The Barcelona attacker was only allowed to play for the national team again at the end of March 2016. Tabarez, who had criticized this sanction several times as “completely excessive”, always stood by his record goalscorer Suarez, who, together with Paris Saint-Germain star Edison Cavani, forms the dream striker of the “Urus”.

But the defense center with the Atletico Madrid duo Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez also has world-class format and is used to playing against exceptional talents like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. “But we're not a super team,” says former teacher Tabarez, who always understates things in order to keep expectations low, as Uruguay is already threatened with a duel with European champions Portugal or former world champions Spain in the round of 16.

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World Cup CHECK| Uruguay dream storm Suarez/Cavani should fix it

Uruguay doesn't even have 3,5 million inhabitants, but with two World Cup titles and a total of five semi-final appearances, it is one of the largest football nations.

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