The eArgentine coach of the Uruguay national team, Marcelo Bielsa, was cautious with the candidate label that they put his team in the 2024 Copa América in the United States and assured that “there are many steps that have not been taken.”
After what was the resounding 5-0 victory against Bolivia on the second date of Group C, the technical director of the Uruguayan team avoided hanging the candidate’s jacket and was cautious: “To draw these conclusions there are many steps that have not been taken.. Without underestimating the strength of the two teams we faced (Panama and Bolivia), those teams are not among those previously assigned as the best teams in this competition.”
“In today’s football, one thing is to attribute justified potential to a team and another is for it to confirm it to the power and resources of the best exponents.. “If one does not do that, drawing conclusions seems to me to be incorrect,” added the man from Rosario.
Besides, Bielsa highlighted the effectiveness of the Uruguayan team against the Bolivians in the New Jersey night: “Most of the times that Uruguay reached the level of the last third of the rival field, they managed to change the speed of the play and turn possessions into deep, aggressive, dangerous situations. There was a 15-minute period in the second half, a little more a little less, where circulation and possession did not become danger, but in the rest of the game there was possession, circulation and danger.
“In the previous match (against Panama), we had 15 minutes in the second half of a different performance than we had in the rest of the match. And this time in the second half there was also a slightly longer period where the production was different. Although we did not suffer situations in our goal, we stopped creating danger in the rival goal for a period of time.“added the former coach of the Argentine National Team.
Finally, The former technical director of Newell’s Old Boys of Rosario spoke about the applause and the first minutes of Luis Suárez in this Copa America: “It is (the affection of the fans) a recognition absolutely deserved for the career of Luis Suárez. I think it’s legitimate: the public wants to see their idols and Luis Suárez is undoubtedly one of them.”
