Tabárez and Uruguay, historical cycle with a bitter end 2:17
(CNN Spanish) -
The Uruguayan soccer team announced this Tuesday the hiring of Diego Alonso, who assumes as new technical director after the dismissal of Óscar Washington Tabárez, which put an end to a 15-year process.
Alonso, 46, will take the reins of Uruguay seeking to take them to qualifying positions for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Right now, the two-time world champion team is seventh in the Conmebol table.
Peru, which is fifth, for now qualifies for the playoffs, while Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia for now go directly to the World Cup.
📣🇺🇾 The AUF Executive Committee appointed Diego Alonso as the new Technical Director of @Uruguay.
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- Uruguayan National Team (@Uruguay) December 15, 2021
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There are 4 dates left until the World Cup qualifying championship ends.
These are the next Uruguay matches:
- Paraguay vs.
Uruguay (Asuncion) - January 27
- Uruguay vs.
Venezuela (Montevideo) - February 1
- Uruguay vs.
Peru (Montevideo) - March 24
- Chile vs.
Uruguay (Santiago) - March 29
Diego Alonso arrives in Uruguay after having directed Inter Miami, Monterrey, Pachuca, Olimpia of Paraguay, Peñarol, Guaraní and Bella Vista.
He won the Liga MX with Pachuca in the 2015-2016 season.
He also led the "tuzos" to the Concacaf Champions League title in the 2016-2017 season.
Alonso repeated his success with Monterrey in the Concacaf Champions League in the 2018-2019 campaign.
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