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Marcelo Bielsa said he had near thing to Uruguayan shot aft overseeing their elimination from nan World Cup.
Uruguay grounded to triumph a crippled successful a group that included Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia and their exit was confirmed with a 1-0 conclusion by Spain successful Guadalajara during which nan 40-year-old goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was withdrawn astatine half-time aft his correction handed Spain nan only extremity of nan game. The 70-year-old Argentinian, who took complete successful 2023 and whose narration pinch nan players was poor, to nan constituent of describing himself arsenic “toxic”, will not proceed successful nan post.
Uruguay drew 1-1 pinch Saudi Arabia and 2-2 pinch Cape Verde, and came into nan last crippled knowing that they would request a constituent from Spain but did not negociate a changeable connected target until nan 83rd minute. Bielsa said Muslera had asked to beryllium taken off. He besides replaced Federico Valverde, who departed angrily pinch his garment covering his mouth. Defeat takes Uruguay’s tally to 7 games without a win, including a 5-1 hammering by nan USA.
“I person not near thing to Uruguayan football,” Bielsa said. “A coach who has been successful a state for 3 years and not sewage results cannot opportunity he has made a contribution. Fourth spot successful nan qualifiers has nary worth and nor does 3rd astatine nan Copa América and location is nary request to moreover specify this capacity [at nan World Cup]. My clip doesn’t opportunity anything.”
Bielsa added: “We could person 7 points but we person two. This is nan consequence of my management. It was my occupation to negociate a group of players that I did not negociate to move into a force. If you want explanations – which I don’t deliberation you want – I would opportunity that of nan 7 points we deserved, we sewage two.
“I americium responsible for what Uruguay did astatine this World Cup. [Your] questions do not activity answers but a chance to onslaught me. I americium responsible for each nan disappointment because of nan occupation I did. But if I person to analyse what happened, I besides person to see nan errors. Muslera was nan 1 that decided to depart and I took Valverde disconnected because I wanted to fortify nan attack.”
Spain’s joyousness astatine having qualified successful first place, meanwhile, was sullied by nan probability that Yéremy Pino will not play again this summertime and nan interest complete nan fittingness of Nico Williams.
Pino suffered a suspected surgery collar bony successful a fall, leaving successful a sling, and Williams departed nan stadium limping. “The worst point is nan tremendous symptom we person because of what happens to Yéremy, who could miss nan remainder of nan World Cup,” Luis de la Fuente, Spain’s coach, said.
