Bielsa, his high bar and goodbye to the hope of Uruguay in Paris 2024, failure or disappointment?

The victory of Argentina contra Chile It was a dagger that stabbed deep into the soul of Marcelo Bielsa. And the 3-0 victory that Uruguay had achieved earlier against Peru was of no use: the Celeste, with 3 points, was eliminated by the classifications of Argentina and Paraguay. And Bielsa was in the eye of the storm, again…

It didn’t take long for them to arrive reviews in the neighboring country because there were many expectations with the National Team. Even Bielsa was the one set the bar high by making it a condition to sign with the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) being able to direct the Pre-Olympic.

The Fool’s desires had substance: this year 100 years have passed since the first great consecration of the Celeste, Gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games; and Uruguay has a great class, with many of the youth players who were champions in the Under 20 that was played last year in our country. It can’t be for the Fool.

It is true that Uruguay did not join. In the first match they lost 4-3 to Paraguay after winning 3-1. And in the second, a painful 1-0 fall against the very weak Chile. Tuesday’s 3-0 with goals from Luciano Rodríguez, Santiago Homenchenko and Renzo Sánchez Veiga were of no use. Now, Uruguay will close its tournament next Friday against Argentina.

But it is also true that Uruguay did things wrong. The first, defend. Due to horrors on the last line, they fell to Paraguay in a game they had won. He was also not firm against Chile, although the team played poorly as a whole there.

Bielsa was fighting during the tournament. In the first game he was reprimanded for vehemently protesting a foul in the middle of the field when Uruguay was winning easily and playing well against Paraguay. This Tuesday, meanwhile, he could not be on the substitutes’ bench because received a second yellow in the duel against Chile. For that reason he also did not speak in the conference after the win against Peru. Something else: at the press conference after the fall with the Peruvians he had an encounter with a Uruguayan journalist.

“In case of not classifying, I would define it as a disappointment because we came to look for one of the two places for the Olympic Games,” said Pablo Quiroga, Bielsa’s assistant. But the question is beginning to arise. Is this a disappointment one by one failure? Social networks and the Uruguayan media will give their verdict regarding the eternal debate.