Marcelo Bielsa and his Uruguay will also start their 2024 competitive calendar on this double FIFA date and the Rosario coach gave a very “Bielsista” press conference this Friday, toning down an alleged influence on celestial football and including a passage of comedy with your cell phone.
“It is difficult to consider the current status of the team because the last game we played was in November and in this period we have not yet played. The season in the clubs is progressing and the performance of the players in general terms is even, so the prospects would be positive,” explained El Loco from San Sebastián, Spain, in advance of this Saturday’s friendly against the representative of the Basque Country.
The most juicy part of the conference came with the consultation about the Celeste’s style of play and the possibility of seeing the coach’s hand in a team that chained victories over Brazil (2-0 in Montevideo) and Argentina (2-0 in Buenos Aires). Aires) in October and November of last year.
“There are times when reality helps the conclusions one offers seem sincerely prepared,” the Fool began humbly. “I have had very few opportunities,” he continued, “in the time I have been working in Uruguay, to transmit the ideas that represent me as a coach. I had a block of friendly matches as soon as I started working with rivals who were not of high hierarchy and immediately “The Qualifiers began, where what is pursued is the result and not the style.”
“Honestly, I couldn’t tell you that I have had influence, maybe with the passage of time… And the imprint depends on success, we will see how the next episodes develop. There is the Copa América which is substantial and the next six matches of Qualifiers. If the question were after the next 18 games, I could surely say something more substantial,” Bielsa concluded, faithful to his nonconformist style.
Beyond the height of the reflections, there was also room for laughter, like when in the middle of answering the Fool’s cell phone rang. Between juggling to take it out of his pocket and turn it off, the coach excused himself: “Excuse me, I don’t know how to handle these phones.” All this, without losing any expression of seriousness on his face.
Uruguay will be facing the Basque Country National Team, also known as Euskadi, this Saturday from 4 p.m. (DSports television) at the San Mamés stadium, where Bielsa will be very well received given his time at Athletic Bilbao between 2011 and 2013.
“Those who have passed through Bilbao and Athletic know what that club means. It remains imprinted on the skin, in the hearts and in the feelings of those who were lucky enough to belong, even if briefly. For me it is a memory that fills me of nostalgia and I always reflected that I should have done something more to stay longer,” lamented the Fool.
In any case, the Basque Country will put an alternative team on the field, since the majority of its squad – players from Athletic and Real Sociedad – are with the Spanish National Team.
It is also worth mentioning that Athletic will play the Copa del Rey final on April 4 against Mallorca, a competition in which Bielsa was runner-up twice during his time at the club. “Every feeling is that this time it will be possible. That’s how I choose it and I want it, but it’s never good to anticipate a victory when you want it to happen. Don’t forget that the two finals in which I participated were not They were good experiences,” joked El Loco in closing.
After the duel with the Basque Country, Uruguay will face Ivory Coast – one of Argentina’s initial and ultimately fallen rivals – in Lens, France, on Tuesday the 26th at 4:30 p.m. La Celeste is second in the Qualifiers, with 13 points in six dates, two behind the leader Argentina. As for the Copa América, it will share a group with the United States, Panama and Bolivia.
2024-03-23 03:01:00
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