The tense exchange between Bielsa and a journalist after the defeat of the Uruguayan Under 23 team in the Venezuelan Olympic qualifiers

The Uruguay national under 23 team lost again in the Pre-Olympic tournament which allows two places per Paris 2024 Olympic Games and it is contested these days in Venezuela. In this context, after the 0-1 that Chile gave him and which put a lot of effort into his team, Marcelo Bielsa He was involved in a tense exchange with a journalist who confronted him in the post-match press conference.

On this occasion the special envoy used the space usually reserved for the issue to express an opinion. “It gives me the feeling that you are here without wanting to make a statement., perhaps as a matter of protocol, so as not to generate unpleasant sensations. But You understand that people want to know your opinion on these two parties.. It’s more, I think there were a lot of defensive difficulties that we understand you should have been alerted to earlier“said the journalist in a long speech that was more of a question than an interrogation.

Immediately afterwards, while playing with his fingers on the table avoiding eye contact, the journalist was interrupted by the Fool. “What’s the question? He tells me the question and doesn’t waste much time. Let’s see, tell me the question“, Bielsa said bluntly and visibly upset by the situation.

After this tense moment, the press officer continued to ask about Celeste’s poor performance, especially on the last line.

“I totally disagree. If you see that we had enormous defensive difficulties I don’t agree“said Bielsa.

Bad start for Uruguay

Uruguay he lost both matches who played in the Under 23 Pre-Olympic. Then, the team led by Loco Bielsa is last in group B without points.

His first defeat was against Paraguaya match in which they lost 4 to 3. Then they fell again to kilos by 1 to 0. With this panorama upon us, the team Marcelo Bielsa he has a complicated future given that they will be his next rivals Peru AND Argentinawho are undefeated and have won both matches played.

Under 23 pre-Olympic position ranking

Group A:

• Ecuador (7 points)
• Brazil (6 with one game less)
• Venezuela (6 with one game less)
• Bolivia (1)
• Colombia (0 with one game less)

Group B:

• Paraguay (7 points)
• Argentina (4 with one game less)
• Chile (3 with one game less)
• Peru (3)
• Uruguay (0)