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striker has been removed from Uruguay's squad for upcoming friendlies due to an ankle injury. Nunez participated in the Reds' Champions League defeat by earlier this week, though was replaced during the second half of the match to the frustration of many supporters.

We could change and we wanted to mix things up a bit." The Uruguay Football Federation has now claimed Nunez is unavailable for their upcoming friendlies against Japan and South Korea having seemingly suffered a setback. "Darwin Núñez will not participate due to injury and instead, the interim technical director of the Uruguayan team, Marcelo Broli, called Jonathan Rodríguez," an official statement confirmed.



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