"You have to be careful with what you say, it touched my balls, I was only injured once"

The Uruguayan defender Atletico Madrid Jose Maria Gimenez He asked the press to be “careful” when talking about injured players or those who do not play for their teams, when joining the squad for his country’s national team with a view to the last double date of the qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

“You have to be a little careful when you talk because it is said that players have injuries or do not have minutes. I touch my eggs (knock on wood), but I had an injury only this year thanks to God and we must continue on this path so that it does not happen again. I’m fine,” he said. Gimenez to the press upon arrival at international airport carrascoon the outskirts of Montevideo.

The defender claimed that he has been “since the season began” enjoying minutes in the team led by Diego Pablo Simeone and that he only had “a small mishap in December” that led him to miss three games “for rushing to get to a game.”

On his new call for the team he directs diego alonso, Gimenez showed “the same illusion as always” and added that the whole team wants to “achieve the goal” that the Celeste disputes the World Cup in Qatar.

The selection of Uruguay faces his work prior to the duel against Peruwhich will be played this Thursday in Montevideo, knowing that if he beats those from Ricardo Gareca and Chile fails to succeed in Brazil will have achieved the pass world.

During the weekend, team leaders such as Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani or Diego Godin and it is expected that this Monday the payroll with which Alonso will work.

The Celestial Complexa sports complex located on the outskirts of Montevideowill host the evening training sessions of the national team, which, as in previous calls, will be held behind closed doors.

Brazilwith 39 points, and Argentinawith 35, are the only South American teams that have a guaranteed presence in Qatar.

Ecuador (25), Uruguay (22), Peru (twenty-one), Chile (19) and Colombia (17) still have options to occupy the three places that remain pending: two direct classification and one playoff against a team from the Asian zone.