Diego Alonso's side are heading into the tie on the back of a goalless draw against USA, while the visitors had thrashed Martinique 5-0 in their last outing.
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Uruguay will host Panama In an international friendly match at Estadio Centenario on Saturday. After the cancelation of the home side’s friendly with Jamaica by CONCACAF, La Celeste will be aiming to make it three wins in this round of friendlies, when the North Americans visit them . Diego Alonso’s side are heading into the tie on the back of a goalless draw against USA, while the visitors had thrashed Martinique 5-0 in their last outing. Meanwhile Uruguay had booked their place in the World Cup to be held in Qatar later this year, on the back of some impressive results, finishing third in the South American World Cup qualification standings.
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La Celeste couldn’t extend their winning streak to six games after being held to a goalless draw at USA, earlier this month. However, Diego Alonso’s side has been in phenomenal form in the year 2022, having won five of their six games and four of them were the World Cup qualification fixtures. After the humiliating 3-0 loss to Bolivia in November 2021, Alonso replaced Oscar Tabarez as the head coach in December. The 47-year-old quickly turned the team’s fortunes to win all four of their remaining World Cup qualifiers and finish third in the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualification standings, behind Brazil and Argentina to earn a ticket to the global event to be held in Qatar latest this year. And then, Alonso’s side began their June round of fixtures with a thumping 3-0 win over Mexico. Edinson Cavani netted a brace while Mateo Vecino netted once to seal the win in Arizona.
Panama, on the other hand, secured a five-star victory over Martinique in the CONCACAF Nations League fixture two days ago. Gabriel Torres opened the scoring before Panama doubled the lead through Karl Vitunlin’s own goal. After the break, Fidel Escobar made the score 3-0 before Edder Escobar netted a late double to complete the drubbing. After narrowly missing out on a playoff place in their bid to reach the 2022 World Cup, Panama have played just one fixture since a 2-0 victory over Costa Rica on June 3.
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Uruguay will be without Luis Suarez on Saturday and therefore Cavani is expected to lead the attack. Meanwhile Liverpool linked Darwin Nunez could partner Cavani up front. Defender Jose Gimenez was forced off during the first half against the USA, so it remains to be seen whether he will be fit enough to start alongside Diego Godin in central defence. As for Panama, their starting eleven is unlikely to be changed. Yanis Torres and Blackburn could shoulder the goal-scoring responsibilities.
Uruguay probable starting lineup: Muslera, Araujo, Godin, Coates, Varela, Torreira, Vecino, Vina, Valverde, Cavani.
Panama probable starting lineup: Mosquera, Blackman, Ramos, Cummings, Ramirez, Godoy, Ayarza, Griffith, Yanis, Torres, Blackburn.
The international friendly match between Uruguay and Panama will take place at the Estadio Centenario and it will kickoff at 1:30 am IST on June 12, Sunday
For the viewers in India and the sub-continents, I-cable, Viacom, Emtek, TDM, Astro, Singtel, VTV will provide live streaming of the international friendly matches. You need to get a subscription of the mentioned channels.
In the USA and Canada, the soccer viewers can catch the live action on willow TV, DZN, ESPN/BAMTech TV. The football fans in the Caribbean countries watch the match on Sportsmax. Meanwhile in India Live Streaming is available on Disney+hotstar, sonyLiv, Discovery+, Jio TV
