Uruguay and hot conference: DT said that Cavani and Giménez looked for him to talk and Suárez did not want to apologize to Ghana

After the fall of Uruguay against Portugal, which seriously undermined the continuity of the Uruguayan team at the World Cup in Qatar 2022, the celestial prisoner seemed to explode. “Why did the team get so defensive,” they asked Edinson Cavani. “That, ask Alonso,” the striker fired at DT. And just before, in the official broadcast, Josema Giménez had said that it was difficult to win if you weren’t looking for it.

Finally, this Thursday coach Diego Alonso explained that he had already clarified objectives with Cavani and Giménez for his statements at the end of last Monday’s match against Portugal. The Uruguayan coach said both players went “to talk” to him and remarked that he understood “what they meant”.

“Regarding statements made by footballers that may have caused a stir, players came to talk to me and we clarified the matter. Nothing else happened. I understand what they meant. They were clear. Enough for me. They don’t have to give me any other explanations,” the coach said at a press conference on Thursday.

Last Monday, after the defeat against Portugal (2-0), Giménez assured that they hadn’t gone out to “win”, as happened against South Korea, while Cavani urged the coach to “ask” when questioned on the approach against South Korea. Portuguese set.

Another of those who spoke on the subject was Luis Suárez: “It was clear what Cavani and Giménez meant,” said the former Barcelona player, as if the players’ statements had been taken out of context.

Suárez’s presence in the preview match against Ghana brought back memories of the historic 2010 World Cup match in South Africa where the gunman took a last minute penalty which was then missed by the Africans.

Reporters asked him if he wanted to apologize to the Ghanaians for that action: “I don’t have to apologise. I committed the foul, got the red light and then they missed the penalty. It wasn’t me who failed,” Suárez said.

After losing to Portugal 2-0, Celeste were bottom of their zone, with one point, and this Friday (from 12:00 in Argentina) they must beat Ghana to qualify. Also, they need Korea to not get a good result against Portugal.