Uruguay beat 5-0 Panama in a friendly on Saturday in Montevideo in his last appearance at home before the World Cup at the end of the year, with a ‘double’ from Edinson Cavani. The 35-year-old ‘Matador’ opened the scoring in the 38th minute and scored again in the 48th minute (from a penalty), before Nicolás de la Cruz (57′), Maximiliano Gómez (66′) and Diego Rossi (78′).
It must be said that Diego Alonso’s ‘Celeste’ faced a team from Panama bis, directed by the coach of the Sub 20 of this country. This rival was the fifth option to play this friendly after the defections in turn of Jamaica, Iran, Zambia and El Salvador.
In addition to Cavani, other experienced elements have appeared on the pitch at the Centenario, such as goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and defender Martín Cáceres. But others were missing, absent due to injury (Luis Suárez, Diego Godín, José María Giménez, Rodrigo Bentancourt).
Uruguay, which plans to play other friendlies in September, will be in Group H of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar along with Portugal, South Korea and Ghana.
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