⚡ SCANDAL IN LA CELESTE — Just hours before the most important match of the World Cup, Federico Valverde, Sergio Rochet, Manuel Ugarte and Rodrigo Bentancur asked for a private meeting with Marcelo Bielsa. The message was direct: the physical load of training was unsustainable, several teammates had already been injured because of it, and against Spain they wanted to play with a low block and counterattack. The opposite, in every sense, of what the Argentine coach preaches.
Bielsa did not give in. He expanded the meeting to the full squad and spoke for 48 minutes while looking at the floor, recalling the cases of Luis Suárez and Nahitán Nández — whom he himself left out of the World Cup — as proof that they had already tried to get rid of him before. He confirmed that Uruguay would play “mirror” against Spain and that his playing identity was not up for negotiation. José María Giménez tried to stop those who were getting up. He could not. Several players left before Bielsa finished speaking. 🔥
La Celeste goes into the clash against Spain with just 2 points in Group H, after drawing with Saudi Arabia (1-1) and Cape Verde (2-2). It needs to win to advance. And it has to do so with a broken dressing room. 😳
