Shortly after Diego Forlans Exit from the yellow submarine for the "colchoneros" the submarine began negotiations with an other Uruguayan Diego, Diego Godin.

Godin has had good showings for Uruguayan National side and has been a key figure for Uruguayan powerhouses Nacional.  Godin reports that it was Forlan who convinced him to make the exit for the spanish side during their nacional side meetings.   

Godin will hope to replace the void that Ayala is leaving in the club after his last minute change of heart to sign with the club.  Godin at only 21 will have difficulty filling the shoes of Roberto Ayala, however has potential to be a great defender.  

Godin is now the third VillarReal player from uruguay, the other 2 being Sebastian Viera, and Martin Caceres who performed well for the youth squad in Canada this summer. Caceres will be on loan this season to a smaller club.

Other uruguayos moved in spain this summer are Mario Reguiero, Fabian Carini and Pablo Garcia to the newly promoted side of Mercia.  the side already has one uruguayan from previous seasons who marked 14 goals for the club last season.  

all three uruguayans making the move have recently played for the national side in major events and bring much experience to the team if they can stay healthy.   

 

Today Thursday the 3rd of May Uruguay plays against host Chile in what has been a series of U20 games in Chile as preparation for the U20 world cup in Canada this July.

 

Uruguay summoned the following squad to the match

Goalies:fontes (wanders) , Irrazabal (defensor)

Defenders:Gonzalez(penarol), Kaglemacher (daubio) manuel Diaz(liverpool uy) Preito (river uy) salaberry (plaza colonial) Damian Suarez(defensor)

Midfield: Montelongo (river uy) Arismendi (nacional) Paz(nacional) Ruiz (penarol) Lombardi ( Progreso) Vonder putten (Danubio)

Forwards: Alfaro (liverpool uy) Figueroa (liverpool uy) Masiero ( Central Espanol) Scorza (Danubio)

the squad only consists of nacional club players and excludes Caceres, a key defender recently bought by VillaReal due to his role on Defensor Sporting in their commitment in the Libertadores.

 

on the 16 and 19 Uruguay's U20 will play China's U20 and U23 (olympic side) respectively, and then travel to South Corea to play the host U20 on the 5th followed by Portugal's and a yet to be unannounced African youth side on the 7th and 9th.

Edinson Cavani ( Palermo), Surraco (Udinese), Luis Suarez (Groningen) and (Carlos Riba ( inter milan) are expected to attened the China fixtures as well as Defensive leader Caceres.

Uruguay will enter the U20 world cup with high hopes after their performance in Paraguay for the qualifiers. where they finished with the top goal scorer (Edinson Cavani) and received the fair play trophy.