Under 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic: Uruguay loses again, Bielsa explodes and Argentina’s chances grow

THE Chile Under 23 national teamwith a goal Clemente Monteswon this Saturday 1-0 against Uruguay inside Pre-Olympic South American towards Paris 2024 and the team coached by sinks Marcelo Bielsa bottom of group B.

Montes scored in the 64th minute from Gonzalo Tapia’s cross, just two minutes after both players had come on as substitutes.

It was a crucial evening at the Misael Delgado stadium in the Venezuelan city of Valencia for the Chileans and Uruguayans, who had just lost their opening match.

Paraguay leads the group with seven points in three games, followed by Argentina, with four residential units; AND Peru AND kiloswith three each. Uruguay it’s empty.

The two best in the group advance to the final phase, a quadrangular tournament that will define the two places at the next Olympic Games competing in this Under 23 tournament.

This result leaves Uruguay on the brink of elimination, previously one of the candidates to win the competition. Furthermore, it allows Argentina to go in search of qualification in the next match: If you beat Chile this Tuesday you will already secure a place in the next stagewithout the need to play “a final” against Celeste in the last match, scheduled for Friday 2nd.

True to form, ‘El Loco’ Bielsa has repeated the starting eleven since his debut, with seven of the players with whom Uruguay won the Under-20 World Championship last year, led by the goalscorer Luciano Rodríguez, wanted by River; but, once again, the result turned its back on him.

At the end of the match, Bielsa lashed out at the referees and received a yellow card from Brazilian Rodrigues De Souza. “I’m a mess, a mess…”, Rosario complained.

Zone B of the Pre-Olympic resumes on Tuesday 30th with appointment 4, which will mean the relaunch of a fresh and rested Argentina facing Chile, starting from 8pm. Previously, Uruguay faces Peru needing to win and expecting different results that night and the next day.

In the final, scheduled for Friday 2 February, Uruguay will face Argentina and Chile will do the same against Paraguay, the surprising leaders who do not have the perfect score only because Mascherano’s team managed to equalize in the agony of the match. ‘debut. .

In Zone A of the Pre-Olympic everything seems clearer: Ecuador is the leader with 7 points and Brazil He follows him with 6 and a game less. Behind them, Venezuela (2), Bolivia (1) e Colombiawithout unity, they wait for some miracle.