Jun 26, 2024, 09:56 ET
The Uruguayan National Team faces Bolivia this Thursday in New Jersey for the second date of Group C of the Copa América, and its coach Marcelo Bielsa could make one or two variants in relation to the starting eleven that faced and beat Panama 3 to 1.
This Thursday at MetLife Stadium and with refereeing by Paraguayan Juan Benítez, La Celeste returns to the scene and one of the great possibilities is that they repeat the starting team from the debut. However, there could be a modification in the rear and another in the midfield area.
José María Giménez, Nicolás de la Cruz and Rodrigo Bentancur are the ones who are fighting hard to earn a place in the starting eleven.
In the case of the Atlético de Madrid defender, he could come in for Mathías Olivera, who felt an overload in his calves and asked for a change in the 60th minute of the match against Panama as a precaution, with Sebastián Cáceres entering in his place (Giménez had entered in the 46th minute in place of Ronald Araujo, who had felt dizzy and almost fainted at the end of the first half).
In addition to Olivera, the other starting player this past Sunday who could leave is Giorgian De Arrascaeta, who for the first time played from the start under the technical orders of Loco Bielsa.
His place could be taken by Nicolás de la Cruz or even by Rodrigo Bentancur.
This way, Uruguay’s probable eleven to face Bolivia is with Sergio Rochet, Nahitan Nández, Ronald Araujo, Josema Giménez or Mathías Olivera, and Matías Viña; the midfielders Federico Valverde, Manuel Ugarte, and De la Cruz, De Arrascaeta or Bentancur; and the forwards Facundo Pellistri, Darwin Núñez and Maximiliano Araújo.
