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In the past few hours, we witnessed interesting events in the camp of the Uruguay national team, before the crucial confrontation of the World Cup against Spain.
The Uruguay team will meet its Spanish counterpart in the third and last round of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup at dawn on Saturday.
A few hours before the game, he revealed French newspaper L’Equipe About a major crisis in the camp, after the leaders of the national team, notably Federico Valverde, Rodrigo Bentancourt and Manuel Ugarte, revolted against their Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa.
Celeste bosses have held a meeting with the Argentinian coach over the training method he relies on, as they believe it is causing fatigue and injury to the team’s players and preventing them from playing matches in good form.
On the other hand, the players have called on Bielsa to rely on a low defense against Spain and limit the rebounding in the attack as they believe it is the most suitable method for the match.
The strange thing is that the Saudi Arabian team also relied on the same method against the European champions, but ended the match with a 4-0 defeat, unlike the Uruguay match, where they drew 1-1 after attacking in the first half.
The newspaper explained that the match lasted 48 minutes and angered Bielsa, to the point where he accused some members of the national team of trying to remove him from his position.
This atmosphere comes at a time when Uruguay must win to guarantee a place in the round of 32 of the World Cup, without waiting for the ranking of the third-placed teams in the remaining groups.
Uruguay are second in Group H, tied with Cape Verde, two points behind leaders Spain and one point behind fourth-placed Saudi Arabia.
