The selector of Uruguay, Marcelo Bielsastated this Friday that the criticism of Luis Suarez against him have caused his “authority to be, in some way, affected”, but he guaranteed that the preparation for the match that they lost this Friday 1-0 against Peru He did it “with the utmost seriousness.”
In the press conference after his team’s defeat on the ninth round of the South American qualifiers, Bielsa stated that the response he found from the players facing the duel “was the same” as always. He highlighted the “generous dedication” in a match, which, in his opinion, should have ended with a draw.
“The team’s dedication was very generous, regardless of how we played. I think that what happened during the week does not determine or explain, I do not link it with how we played nor do I think that it has had an effect that it has been a week with a lot of effervescence” Bielsa said in the post-match press conference.
In this way he referred to the controversy unleashed, after Suárez said in an interview with the DSports program ‘De Fútbol Se Habla Así’ that Bielsa had bad manners with players on the squad. ANDIn this interview, he highlighted that there were footballers who asked the Argentine “to at least say ‘good day’ to them”, He pointed out that it should not be surprising if more footballers give up playing for Uruguay and assured that there are workers linked to the national team who cannot enjoy their work.
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He added that before the Copa América he spoke for five or six minutes with Bielsa about certain topics and that the coach limited himself to responding: “Thank you very much, Luis.”
