Luis Suarez has been left out of the Uruguay squad for friendlies against Poland and Austria in November to help his rehabilitation from a knee injury.
The striker was expected to miss over a month when he sustained the problem in the second leg of Barcelona's Supercopa de Espana defeat to Real Madrid in August but was cleared to play for Uruguay just a fortnight later.
A draw against Argentina and a victory over Paraguay in that round of fixtures proved important to Oscar Tabarez's side qualifying for next year's World Cup, but they will be without Suarez as they continue their preparations next month.