Uruguay play friendly in Japan

Uruguay will play a friendly game against Japan in Sapporo next August 20, before resuming the South American Qualifiers.
Uruguay want to get ready for next round 7 at the South American Qualifiers, when they face Colombia; that's why they agreed to play a friendly game against Japan, which are also warming up for the Asian Qualifiers.

Japan coach Takeshi Okada said that it will be a "quite important" game for the team, according to Japanese news agency Kyodo.

Uruguay rank sixth at the overall standings with eight points, five less than leader Paraguay.


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