The incredible defeat of Bielsa’s Uruguay in the Pre-Olympic: the attacker wanted by River scored three goals, but lost against Paraguay

For the Under 23 Olympic Qualifiers in Venezuela, in a crazy match, with changing results and great goals, Uruguay lost 4-3 against Paraguay in the debut of the cast he leads Marcelo Bielsawho were leading 3-1 but suffered a second half to forget, which could have ended with an even bigger score.

The fans of River that he had never seen Luciano Rodríguez Rosales and who sat down to watch it for the first time when it debuted Uruguay in view of Paraguay At the Under 23 Olympic Qualifiers in Venezuela you have to be amazed by the 20-year-old striker: in just 34 minutes he had already scored a hat-trick for La Celeste.

But at the same time, the managers of Núñez’s team, with Jorge Brito at the helm, have to suffer: the price of La Perla, Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker, grows minute after minute, match after match, goal after goal. From the neighboring country they are keen to point out that there are polls for the scorers of Vasco da Gama, Atlético de Madrid and Feyenoord.

New information indicates that coach Enzo Francescoli is in Uruguay to negotiate the attacker: River would make a strong offer for 60% of the market. The idea is the same as when he went to look for Nicolás De la Cruz (on that occasion they were paid around 4 million dollars for 30% of the chip). Liverpool president José Luis Palma has already warned that the youngster is worth $15 million. Will he have gone even higher with this initial hat-trick in the Pre-Olympic?

“We paid 500 thousand dollars to Progreso for 80% of the pass and we have already received offers. For now we have valued it at 15 million”, explained Palma. And he added: “He is a total player. He scores, he makes assists, he is physically good, he has class, a winning character, he is good in one-on-one situations. He is the Uruguayan Mbappé”.

Bielsa deployed Luciano Rodríguez as area reference in a 4-2-3-1. Gimnasia player Matías Abaldo played on the right in attack, on the right Juan Cruz De los Santos and as a link Thiago Palacios, a left-footed player born in Laferrere and nationalized who left River free, who made his debut in Platense, who broke it. Montevideo City Torque and that Estudiantes are now looking for him to replace Benjamín Rollheiser. Those three players were the ideal companions for Rodríguez to break through.

La Perla’s first goal came in the 7th minute: he received De los Santos from the left in the area, let the ball run a bit and nailed it from the right, low, onto goalkeeper Ángel González’s left post. Three minutes later Abaldo assisted from the right and with his left foot placed the ball flush with the right post. The third captures a rebound inside the area and finishes without problems.

Bielsa just shook his right fist when the goals were scored. El Loco suffered two easy discounts from Paraguay in the first phase and was angry about this. He also crossed paths with local referee Alexis Herrera for a minor foul. The picture was cheerful: the Venezuelan approached to show the yellow card to Bielsa, chewing anger and sitting in a conservative refrigerator.

In the second half Uruguay collapses. Marcelo Fernandez equalized with a great goal from the stick and Diego Gomezteammate of Lionel Messi at Inter Miami, he made it 4-3 with a beautiful free kick.

With the disadvantage, Bielsa’s team loses balance and goes in search of an equalizer without ideas. He betrayed himself and did not suffer a miraculous defeat. Now Uruguay will face Chile on the next date, while Paraguay will face Peru.

“We leave angry because their goals are due to their mistakes and not to the virtues of their rivals”, declared the scorer Rodríguez at the end. And he closed: “Scoring three goals is important for any attacker, but it doesn’t do anything for me given how the team has performed. However, I had a lot of faith in my teammates and there is still time to get back on their feet”.