Darwin Núñez and Nicolás Otamendi, two of the most influential units of the red team, will be – by all indications – major absences in the Final Four of the League Cup to be played next week in Leiria.
The 22-year-old Uruguayan forward and the 33-year-old central defender are names that should appear in the Uruguay and Argentina squads, respectively, for the next matches of the respective teams, which will play on the 27th of January and 1st of February in the qualifiers in delay of the South American qualification zone for the World Cup that is being played this year.
The eagles play with Boavista, in the semi-final of the League Cup, on the 25th of this month, at a time when the South American players will already be focused on the respective challenges. The League Cup final will take place on the 29th of this month.
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