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[Karl Deighton]

Uruguay are the current reigning South American champions, having won the 2011 Copa América. Uruguay have won the Copa América a record 15 times. The team has twice won the FIFA World Cup, including the first World Cup in 1930 as hosts, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second title in 1950, upsetting hosts Brazil 2–1 in the final match, which received an attendance higher than any football match ever.

They have won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions. In total, Uruguay have won 20 official titles, an international record for the most international titles held by a country.

Their success is amplified by the fact that the nation has a very small population of around 3.25 million inhabitants (2011 est.). Uruguay is by far the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup in terms of population, 1.75 million inhabitants in 1930. The second smallest country, by population, to have won the World Cup is Argentina with a population of nearly 28 million people in 1978.

So that is my goal for this save, take this tiny country of just 3,250,000 people to the top of the world once again. To give you a measure of how small the country is London's population is 8,174,100. More than two times bigger than Uruguay's.

I have decided to stop my San Marino story once I have won the ECL with the club. The national challenge is just too hard and the save would be going on forever with very little success. This will be my final story before the release of FM 13 and you can probably tell I am managing Uruguay! This post will not include any matches just my preffered squad and new staff. For future reference anything in blue is a link but for this time just click on the player's and staff's name to view their profile.

 
Staff

Gustavo Dalto (URU) - U20 Team Manager

Muricy Ramalho (BRA) - Assistant Manager

Sidnei Lobo (BRA) - Coach

Elio Carravetta (BRA) - Coach

Paulo Paixao (BRA) - Coach

Ruben Sosa (URU) - Coach

Darwin Dalmas (URU) - Goalkeeping Coach

Alberto Pan (URU) - Physio

Carlos Suero (URU) - Physio

Carlos Voituret (URU) - Physio

Pedro Larroque (URU) - Physio

 
23 Man Squad

This is my squad if everyone is fit, I will list them now and then instead of listing it every time will just list the changes.

Goalkeepers (3)

Fernando Muslera, Martin Silva, Sebastian Viera

Defenders (8)

Jorge Fucile, Maxi Pereira, Alvaro Pereira, Juan Manuel Diaz, Sebastian Coates, Diego Godin, Martin Caceres, Mauricio Victorino

Midfielders (8)

Walter Gargano, Egidio Arevalo Rios, Nicoas Lodeiro, Mauricio Pereyra, Cristian Rodriguez, Juan Albin, Gaston Ramirez, Tabare Viudez

Forwards (4)

Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Abel Hernandez, Diego Forlan

 
Next time: Ukraine vs Uruguay and Uruguay vs Montenegro

[NUFCdan]

good luck!

[Ryan Daly]

good luck pal

[Karl Deighton]

good luck pal

good luck!

Thanks guys.

[Karl Deighton]

Squad changes for Ukraine and Montenegro

Urreta for Gaston Ramirez (injury)

Diego Arismendi for Walter Gargano (injury)

Pablo Caceres for Juan Manuel Diaz (injury)

 
Ukraine vs Uruguay

Line-Ups:

Ukraine: Pyatov - Rakitskyi, Chygrynskyi, Kucher, Gusev - Tymoschuk, Garmash - Konoplyanka, Aliev, Devic - Yarmolenko
Uruguay: Muslera - Fucile, Coates, Godin, Pereira - Arevalo Rios, Lodeiro - Rodriguez, Viaduz - Suarez, Cavani

Key Players: Antoliy Tymoschuk, Eugene Konoplyanka, Andriy Yarmolenko

 

Statistics

27 - Shots - 16

7 - On target - 8

59% - Possession - 41%

1 - Yellow cards - 0

Uruguay Show Lethal Touch
Ukraine 2 - 4 Uruguay

Uruguay showed this evening it's not the ammount of possession you have, it's what you do with it that counts, as they ran out 4-2 winners over Ukraine. The highlight of the game was undoubtedly a superb hat-trick from Uruguay's Sebastian Coates.

Wonderkid Coates got Uuguay off to a flyer scoring a header on 8 minutes. Winger Marko Devic then equalised for Ukraine in the 11th minute with a tidy finish.

Coates then added his 2nd goal of the game with a header on 20 minutes. Devic equalised for Ukraine in the 28th minute with an accurate finish.

Winger Urreta then put Uruguay in front after 57 minutes with a well timed close range finish. Coates completed the scoring for Uruguay with a good header from just inside the six-yard box on 86 minutes.

Man of the Match: Sebstian Coates
Attendance: 15,598

 
Uruguay vs Montenegro

Line-Ups:

Uruguay: Muslera - Pereira, Coates, Godin, Pereira - Arevalo Rios, Lodeiro - Urreta, Juan Albin - Cavani, Forlan
Montenegro: Poleksic - Savic, Basa, Dzudovic, Jovanovic - Djalovic, Drobnjak - Delibasic, Jovetic, Beqiraj - Vucinic

Key Players: Marko Basa, Stefan Jovetic, Mirko Vucinic

 

Statistics:

18 - Shots - 13

8 - On target - 5

55% - Possession - 45%

0 - Yellow cards - 0

Quality of possession provides victory
Uruguay 4 - 1 Montenegro

An efficient performance from Uruguay saw them run out 4-1 winners over Montenegro at Estadio Domingo Bergueno Miguel.

Midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro gave Uruguay the lead with a tidy finish in the 12th minute. Things went from bad to worse for Montenegro as striker Fatos Beqiraj earned himself an early bath for a vicious foul on 54 minutes.

Striker Abel Hernandez doubled Uruguay's lead with a well timed finish on 65 minutes. Spartak Nalchik captain Miodrag Dzudovic gave Montenegro fans a glimmer off hope after 68 minutes with a good header from just inside the six-yard box.

Goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic compounded the misery for Montenegro on 70 minutes with an embarassing own goal. Winger Tabare Viudez completed the rout with an incisive finish on 83 minutes.

Man of the Match: Diego Forlan
Attendance: 23,000

 
Next time: We start our World Cup Qualifiers.

[GChaddah98]

Nice start with two good wins their mate, keep up the goo work and like the style of writing!

[Ryan Daly]

Good luck with this pal
I agree with Gaurav the style is great, very neat and tidy and easy to read well done

[Rodd]

Well, it was a good start, Ukraine and Montenegro don't reach Uruguay's level but they are tough tests, not much to say now, this is only the beggining, i would love to see you giving Santiago Silva the chance to wear Uruguay's shirt. Good luck with the story mate!

[Karl Deighton]

Nice start with two good wins their mate, keep up the goo work and like the style of writing!

Good luck with this pal
I agree with Gaurav the style is great, very neat and tidy and easy to read well done

Thanks guys, this is a new style to me so glad you like it.

Well, it was a good start, Ukraine and Montenegro don't reach Uruguay's level but they are tough tests, not much to say now, this is only the beggining, i would love to see you giving Santiago Silva the chance to wear Uruguay's shirt. Good luck with the story mate!

I agree, we are far better than them, they were already arranged so I just stuck with it.
I'm assuming you're on about the Santiago Silva from Boca, while he doesn't suit my style of play I am looking for someone to replace Forlan, he will be considered, thanks

[Wicklander]

I must say I am a little out of touch with Uruguayan players. Only recognise three of the forwards but they are good. I remember Forlan as a really lethal striker.

[Karl Deighton]

I must say I am a little out of touch with Uruguayan players. Only recognise three of the forwards but they are good. I remember Forlan as a really lethal striker.

I know most of my squad, nearly all of them play in Europe. I am planning on removing Forlan, I jsut peronally don't like him

[NUFCdan]

a few good wins their!

[Karl Deighton]

a few good wins their!

Thanks mate

[Rodd]

I agree, we are far better than them, they were already arranged so I just stuck with it.
I'm assuming you're on about the Santiago Silva from Boca, while he doesn't suit my style of play I am looking for someone to replace Forlan, he will be considered, thanks

Haha yes, i'm talking about that Silva, he was enjoying his best years 1 or 2 seasons ago, and in Argentina we didn't know how he didn't get at least 1 cap, he was a lot better than Abreu in 2010, but well... i think Tabárez knows more than me. Silva was even considering getting the argentinian nationality to play for the "Local Squad", which is the international team but with local players, and usually 4 or 5 of those players get the chance with the "International Squad" with the likes of Messi, Agüero, etc.

You should keep an eye on your midfielder Mauricio Pereyra, in one of my saves he is a quality player, maybe not world class, but a very complete player.

Looking forward to the next update!

[Almaars]

Good start.
What a forward line up that is, Cavani, Hernandez, Suarez and Forlan in one team, not many defences will cope with that.

[Wicklander]

I know most of my squad, nearly all of them play in Europe. I am planning on removing Forlan, I jsut peronally don't like him

That's why i'm glad I don't have the possibility of seeing football in real life yet. I dont dislike any players. Although if Maradona still played he could be the only one.