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Sunday, June 1, 2014

BRAZIL 2014: Luis Suarez has been included in Uruguay's final 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup™ as he continues his recovery from a knee operation



Luis Suarez has been included in Uruguay's final 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup™ as he continues his recovery from a knee operation.
The in-form Liverpool striker underwent keyhole surgery on 22 May after damaging the meniscus in his left knee and immediately doubts were cast on whether he would be fit for the World Cup. However, Uruguay remain cautiously optimistic that Suarez, who is said to be progressing well following the operation, will be able to feature in Brazil and on Saturday the 27-year-old was confirmed in coach Oscar Tabarez's squad for the finals.
It remains to be seen when Suarez will be able to return to action, though, with Uruguay kicking off their World Cup campaign against Costa Rica in just over two weeks. England and Italy are the other two teams in a tough-looking Group D.
The two players who have been cut from Tabarez's 25-man provisional squad are Palmeiras midfielder Sebastian Eguren and Lanus defender Alejandro Silva.
Uruguay squadGoalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray/TUR), Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama/BRA), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad/PAR)
Defenders: Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion/ENG), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Jose Maria Gimenez (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Martin Caceres (Juventus/ITA), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica/POR), Jorge Fucile (Porto/POR), Sebastian Coates (Nacional/URU).
Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo Rios (Morelia/MEX), Walter Gargano (Parma/ITA), Diego Perez (Bologna/ITA), Alvaro Gonzalez (Lazio/ITA), Alvaro Pereira (San Pablo/BRA), Cristian Rodríguez (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Gaston Ramirez (Southampton/ENG), Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo/BRA)
Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool/ENG), Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Diego Forlan (Cerezo Osaka/JPN), Cristian Stuani (Espanyol/ESP, Abel Hernandez (Palermo/ITA)
* Squad lists are only official once they have been confirmed and published by FIFA on 5 June at 12:00 CET.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup

Year
Champion
Golden Boot
Golden Ball
2010
Spain
Thomas Müller (5)
Diego Forlán
2006
Italy
Miroslav Klose (5)
Zinedine Zidane
2002
Brazil
Ronaldo (8)
Oliver Kahn
1998
France
Davor Šuker (6)
Ronaldo
1994
Brazil
O. Salenko,H. Stoichkov (6)
Romário
1990
West Germany
Salvatore Schillaci (6)
Salvatore Schillaci
1986
Argentina
Gary Lineker (6)
Diego Maradona
1982
Italy
Paolo Rossi (6)
Paolo Rossi
1978
Argentina
Mario Kempes (6)
Mario Kempes
1974
West Germany
Grzegorz Lato (7)
Johan Cruijff
1970
Brazil
Gerd Müller (10)
Pelé
1966
England
Eusébio (9)
Bobby Charlton
1962
Brazil
Vavá,Garrincha,Ivanov,Albert,Je…
Garrincha
1958
Brazil
Just Fontaine (13)
Didi
1954
West Germany
Sándor Kocsis (11)
Ferenc Puskás
1950
Uruguay
Ademir
Zizinho
1938
Italy
Leônidas (7)
Leônidas
1934
Italy
Oldřich Nejedlý (5)
Giuseppe Meazza
1930
Uruguay
Guillermo Stábile (8)
José Nasazzi
  

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