Injured Forlan misses out for Uruguay

Uruguay's record goal-scorer Diego Forlan was missing from coach Oscar Tabarez's 25-man squad for the FIFA World Cup™ qualifier against Chile on 11 November which was named on Thursday. The Inter Milan striker, who passed Hector Scarone's national record of 31 goals in the 1-1 draw against Paraguay three weeks ago, has been sidelined with a thigh injury. Copa America champions Uruguay currently top the South American qualifying standings with four points from two games. Squad: Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray/TUR), Juan Castillo (Colo Colo/CHI), Martin Silva (Olimpia/PAR). Defenders: Martin Cáceres (Sevilla/ESP); Sebastian Coates (Liverpool/ENG); Jorge Fucile (Porto/POR); Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid/ESP); Diego Lugano (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA; Andres Scotti (Colo Colo/CHI), Mauricio Victorino (Cruzeiro/BRA) Midfielders: Alvaro Gonzalez (Lazio/ITA); Egidio Arevalo Rios (Tijuana/MEX); Diego Perez (Bologna/ITA); Walter Gargano (Napoli/ITA), Sebastian Eguren (Sporting Gijon/ESP); Alvaro Pereira (Porto/POR); Cristian Rodriguez (Porto/POR); Gaston Ramirez (Bologna/ITA), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax/NED) Attackers: Luis Suarez (Liverpool/ENG); Edinson Cavani (Napoli/ITA); Sebastian Abreu (Botafogo/BRA); Abel Hernandez (Palermo/ITA), Sebastian Fernandez (Malaga/ESP), Alvaro Fernandez (Seattle Sounders/USA)