Chinanews.com, Beijing, November 19th. The first World Cup champion Uruguay once dominated the world football. The trip to Qatar will be their 14th World Cup trip.

After breaking into the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Uruguay's golden generation of stars is about to usher in the curtain call.

Although Uruguay is not the biggest favorite in the World Cup, the combat effectiveness of this South American powerhouse should never be underestimated.

Team list:

　goalkeeper:

　　Muslera (Galatasaray), Lochte (Uruguayan nation), Sosa (Argentine independence)

　　Defender:

　　Gimenez (Atletico Madrid), Curtis (Sporting Lisbon), Godin (Mineirão), Caceres (Los Angeles Galaxy), Araujo (Barcelona), Guillermo Varela (Ferra Lamengo), Rodriguez (National Uruguay), Oliveira (Naples), Viña (Roma)

　　Midfielder:

　　Torreira (Galatasaray), Manuel Ugarte (Sporting), Vecino (Lazio), Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur), Ernesto Valverde (Real Madrid), Araskay Tower (Flamenco), Nicolas de la Cruz (River Plate)

　　forward:

　　Facundo Torres (Orlando City), Facundo Torres (Orlando City), Facundo Torres (Athletic Parana), Maximiliano Gomez (Trabzonspor) ), Suarez (National Uruguay), Cavani (Valencia), Nunez (Liverpool).

Core players:

　　In the Qatar World Cup, Uruguay's striker duo Suarez and Cavani are both 35 years old.

Despite entering the later stages of their careers, the two still maintain excellent form.

Suarez returned to China this summer to join the Uruguayan national team and helped the team win the 49th league championship in history.

Cavani continued to take root in Europe and became Valencia's main striker.

Team coach:

　　On the first anniversary of the countdown to the World Cup in Qatar, Uruguay, which suffered a four-game losing streak in the world preliminaries, announced the departure of coach Tavares who had led the team for 15 years.

Diego Alonso stepped in to help Uruguay win a winning streak to reverse the situation, and also showed the versatility of his tactics.

The Qatar World Cup will be the first time in his career to lead a team to participate in the highest level football competition.

Highlight moments:

　　In 1930, Uruguay hosted the first World Cup, when 13 teams from all over the world participated.

Uruguay made it all the way to the final and beat Argentina to win the first World Cup.

In 1950, they beat the hosts as a guest in Brazil and won the World Cup for the second time.

Qualifying process:

　　Uruguay's road to promotion can be said to be without any danger. They once ranked seventh in the first half of the qualifiers.

In desperation, coach Tavares bid farewell to the team.

Coach Diego Alonso led the team to 4 consecutive victories, allowing Uruguay to secure a ticket to Qatar one round ahead of schedule.

Group stage schedule (Beijing time):

　　Uruguay VS South Korea at 21:00 on November 24

　　03:00, November 29th Portugal VS Uruguay

　　December 2nd at 23:00 Ghana VS Uruguay