Marcelo Bielsa took over as DT of Uruguay: the anecdote with his wife that marked his love for Montevideo and his praises for Maestro Tabárez

Twelve years after his farewell to the Chilean national team, Marcello Bielsa he returned to South American football to lead Uruguay. In his presentation, at the Centenario Stadium, Crazy He expressed his happiness at this new challenge after moving to the Premier League, where he managed Leeds until February 2022.

“They didn’t have to convince me, I would say almost the opposite. My desire to belong to this project has two very convincing extremes for me: one is the players that Uruguay has, I like the group of players who have represented Uruguay in recent years. And the other is the recipient of the work of a Selection who is the ordinary citizen”, began who became the second selected foreigner of the Celeste this Wednesday, after the passage of the other Argentine Daniel Passarella between 1999 and 2001.

And he told an anecdote: “One day I came with my wife to spend the weekend in Montevideo and we returned from Carrasco by public transport, it was full, the journey lasted 45 minutes and there were many episodes that experience the civility of those who were on top of the bus. Our conclusions were admiration for the generosity with which people interacted on that crowded and uncomfortable journey. Generosity, I mean, out of respect for children, the elderly and women. A woman came in to check tickets and everything worked out.”

“Those two extremes, the players and the height of the citizen, who is the recipient of what the players do, were two elements of great weight. (in the decision)”, he concluded with the answer to his first question.

The 67-year-old coach (he will make up on July 21) arrived in Montevideo on Sunday, without notifying the leaders of the Uruguayan Football Federation, and went by bus to Complejo Celeste to meet his new employers.

When asked about Maestro Tabárez’s work in charge of La Celeste, Bielsa had words of praise for the Uruguayan manager. “I have always had respect for his procedures and for what he has built structurally in Uruguayan football and the structure translated into results. I admire him, the word admiration always sounds exaggerated but here it corresponds. I have a lot of respect for the way he has chosen to play the position of coach,” replied the Fool.