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Football: as expected, Bielsa takes charge of the Uruguayan selection

2023-05-16T05:07:54.536Z

Highlights: Marcelo Bielsa has been appointed technical director of the Uruguayan national team. The former OM coach succeeds Diego Alonso, who was not reappointed after the elimination in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup. The 67-year-old Argentine technician will aim to guide the double world champions (1930, 1950) to the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico. "El Loco" has already managed Argentina (1998-2004) and Chile (2007-11), he who has notably passed on the benches of Newell's, Bilbao, Marseille and Lille.


The former OM coach succeeds Diego Alonso, who was not reappointed after the elimination in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.


It was expected, it's official. Free since his departure from Leeds in February 2022, Marcelo Bielsa had agreed for several weeks with the Uruguayan federation. We were only waiting for the announcement of the signing of his contract. That has been done. "El Loco" inherits the title of technical director of the Celeste. He succeeds Diego Alonso, who was not renewed at the end of his contract after the elimination in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup. Under contract for three years, the 67-year-old Argentine technician will aim to guide the double world champions (1930, 1950) to the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

This is not the first time that Marcelo Bielsa will officiate at the head of a South American selection: he has already managed Argentina (1998-2004) - where he won the Olympics in 2004 - and Chile (2007-11), he who has notably passed on the benches of Newell's, Bilbao, Marseille and Lille. He then put a smile back on Leeds' faces (2018-22), allowing the club to return to the Premier League. It is up to him to make the most of a generation led by Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Darwin Nunez (Liverpool) and Ronald Araujo (Barcelona), he who is the second foreigner to take the reins of the Uruguayan national team after one of his Argentine compatriots, Daniel Passarella, between 1999 and 2001.

Source: lefigaro

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