The tense exchange between Bielsa and a journalist after the defeat of the Uruguayan Sub 23 in the Venezuelan Olympic Qualifiers

The Uruguay Under 23 team

lost again in the

Pre-Olympic Tournament

that grants two places for the

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

and is being held these days in Venezuela.

In this context, after the 0-1 that Chile gave him and that left his team very compromised,

Marcelo Bielsa

was involved in a tense exchange with a journalist who confronted him at the post-match press conference.

On this occasion, the special envoy used the space usually allocated to the question to give an opinion.

"

It gives me the feeling that you are here without wanting to make statements

, perhaps out of protocol, so as not to generate any uncomfortable feeling. But

you understand that people want to know your view on these two parties

. What's more,

I consider that there was a lot of defensive difficulties that we understand that you should have warned before

," said the journalist in a long intervention with more form of questioning than interrogation.

Immediately afterwards, while playing with his fingers on the table and avoiding eye contact, the journalist was interrupted by the Fool.

"

What is the question? You tell me the question and don't waste so much time. Let's see, tell me the question

," Bielsa said bluntly and visibly upset with the situation.

After this tense moment, the press worker proceeded to ask about the poor performance of the Celeste, especially on the last line.

"I totally disagree.

If you see that we had enormous defensive difficulties, I disagree

," said Bielsa.

"TELL ME WHAT THE QUESTION IS" 🗣️

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Bad start for Uruguay

Uruguay

lost both games

it played in the Under 23 Pre-Olympic. Therefore, the team led by Loco Bielsa

is last in Group B without points

.

Their first defeat was against

Paraguay

, a match in which they lost 4 to 3. Then, they lost again to

Chile by 1 to 0. With this scenario on the horizon,

Marcelo Bielsa

's team

has a complicated future given that their next rivals It will be

Peru

and

Argentina

, which is undefeated and won both matches it played.

Marcelo Bielsa in the defeat against Chile.

(AFP)

Sub 23 Pre-Olympic Position Table

Group A:

• Ecuador (7 points)

• Brazil (6 with one game less)

• Venezuela (6 with one less game)

• Bolivia (1)

• Colombia (0 with one less game)

B Group:

• Paraguay (7 points)

• Argentina (4 with one game less)

• Chile (3 with one game less)

• Peru (3)

• Uruguay (0)