Suarez named in Uruguay's provisiona squad for Olympics

[King Binny]

Uruguay have named Napoli forward Edinson Cavani in their provisional 32-man squad for the London Olympics.

Cavani, who has scored 64 goals for the Vesuviani in the past two seasons, has been called up by Oscar Tabarez to his initial squad for the 2012 games that will be held in the English capital this August.

Should Cavani make the July 8 cut to the final 18 as one of the three allocated overage players, it will be the third consecutive summer that he has seen national team involvement, following the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 Copa America.

Uruguay have been drawn against Great Britain, Senegal and United Arab Emirates in Group A of the football at London 2012. The tournament will run from July 26 to August 11.

Napoli’s Supercoppa Italiana clash with Juventus in China is scheduled for August 11, whilst the Serie A season kicks off two weeks after that.

Luis Suarez, Egidio Arevalo Rios and Fernando Muslera are the other three overage players also in contention for Tabarez’ final squad, but Inter striker Diego Forlan misses out.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I hope he pulls out ... He needs the whole summer to work with Rodgers and the team ...

 

[Modo]

He pulls out?
We'll force him out. He doesn't have choice in the matter.
That said, it's not good having a pissed off Suarez around.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Fergie will ensure none of his players are there

We no doubt will give our bless to luis

 

[Fabio]

I'm happy for him to go. Get his goalscoring touch back in some kind of competitive games before the season starts

 

[Squiggles]

Yeah, I don't mind either. We can rest him a bit during our pre-season and give Benzema time to settle into the side.

 

[keniget]

How many games will the team that wins it have played?

 

[Oncy]

I dont mind him going at all.
South American players LOVE the olympics.
Let the man play it as pre-season.

 

[King Binny]

Men's draw:
Group A: Great Britain (A1), Senegal (A2), United Arab Emirates (A3), Uruguay (A4)
Group B: Mexico (B1), South Korea (B2), Gabon (B3), Switzerland (B4)
Group C: Brazil (C1), Egypt (C2), Belarus (C3), New Zealand (C4)
Group D: Spain (D1), Japan (D2), Honduras (D3), Morocco (D4)

Competition dates
Wednesday 25 July – Saturday 11 August

Competition venues
City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Old Trafford, Manchester
St James’ Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Wembley Stadium

http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/Publications/01/25/61/73/FootballPoster_Neutral.pdf
3 Group games
1 Qfinal
1 Sfinal
1 Bronze/Gold medal playoff

 

[keniget]

Thanks Binny!

 

[Squiggles]

Uruguay and Brazil will do well. I'm sure Spain have plenty of decent back up players too.

Shame there's nothing at Anfield.

 

[Sunny]

Coventry ? Coventry ?

 

[the count]

Uruguay and Brazil will do well. I'm sure Spain have plenty of decent back up players too.

Shame there's nothing at Anfield.

Anfield will be busy hosting Europa League qualifiers🙁

 

[hmmmmm1]

After the copa America last summer it will 2 summers of competitive football.

Can't see that will be a good thing for us, he will be knackered come December and janaury

 

[Fabio]

He'll be fiiiiiiiine

 

[SummerOnions]

He just needs to bite off Rooneys nose or something, get a cheeky rest during January.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Hope so

 

[Squiggles]

Although if he gets injured, I reserve the right to change my mind and be furious.

 

[LarryHagman]

Napoli's nickname is the Vesuviani? That has got to be the coolest name ever.

 

[StevieM]

Napoli's nickname is the Vesuviani? That has got to be the coolest name ever.

I don't know about that - it looks like it should rhyme with "itchy fanny"

 

[Jack D Rips]

Would prefer Suarez to be at Melwood learning the football bible according to Brendan.

 

[livvy145]

Suarez will be missing for the US tour and the start of the season after being picked to play for Uruguay at the Olympics. Coates has been chosen too.

So that's Suarez, Bellamy and Coates missing

 

[Modo]

Yay hope they win it.

 

[eecheerow]

I hope they get sent home as soon as fucking possible.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Still cannot see why some of our fans are happy that are best player by a country mile maybe for our games

 

[dave2]

Suarez will be missing for the US tour and the start of the season after being picked to play for Uruguay at the Olympics. Coates has been chosen too.

So that's Suarez, Bellamy and Coates missing

Has Cavani been picked?

 

[livvy145]

Has Cavani been picked?

No idea, dave2

 

[Jack D Rips]

Im not happy about it at all. Seems like three of our squad wont be available for the start of the season which includes friendlies, europa league and the premiership. Fuck that!

 

[dave2]

Well can you find out please?

 

[Modo]

Suarez along with Cavani and a player who's based in Uruguay will be their overage picks.