Uruguay quintet honoured for for contesting fourth World Cup

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Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Diego Godin, Fernando Muslera and Martin Caceres were hailed by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) on Wednesday for making their fourth World Cup appearance in the tournament in Qatar. As a symbolic act of Uruguay's generational change, World Cup debutants Sergio Rochet,

Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Diego Godin, Fernando Muslera and Martin Caceres were hailed by the Uruguayan Football Association on Wednesday for making their fourth World Cup appearance in the tournament in Qatar.

"In this World Cup there are five members of this delegation who are reaching their fourth World Cup, which in the history of Uruguayan football only one player was able to achieve: Pedro Virgilio Rocha ," Alonso said.

 

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