Under 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic: Bielsa, the bar high and goodbye to Uruguay’s hope in Paris 2024, failure or disappointment?

The victory of Argentina against kilos It was a dagger that stabbed deeply into the soul of Marcelo Bielsa. And the 3-0 previously obtained by Uruguay against Peru was of no use: Celeste, with 3 points, was eliminated from the table Argentina and Paraguay. And Bielsa was once again in the eye of the storm…

It didn’t take long for them to arrive critics in the neighboring country because there were so many expectations with the national team. Bielsa was the right one too set the bar high making it a condition to sign with the Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) to be able to direct the Pre-Olympic.

The Fool’s wishes had substance: this year 100 years have passed since the first great consecration of the Celeste, Gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games; and Uruguay has a great class, with many of the young people who were champions of the Under 20 which was held last year in our country. It can’t be for the Fool.

It is true that Uruguay did not join. In the first match they lost 4–3 to Paraguay after winning 3–1. And in the second half, a painful 1-0 against the very weak Chile. Tuesday’s 3-0 with goals from Luciano Rodríguez, Santiago Homenchenko and Renzo Sánchez Veiga was of no avail. Now Uruguay will close the tournament next Friday against Argentina.

But it is also true that Uruguay made a mistake. The first, defend. Due to the horrors on the last line, they fell to Paraguay in a match they had won. It wasn’t decided against Chile either, even though the team as a whole played poorly there.

Bielsa fought during the tournament. In the first match he was reprimanded for vehemently protesting a foul in the middle of the field when Uruguay was winning easily and playing well against Paraguay. This Tuesday, meanwhile, he couldn’t be on the bench because received a second yellow in the duel against Chile. For this reason he did not even appear in the conference after the victory against Peru. Other: in the press conference after the fall with the Peruvians he had a meeting with a Uruguayan journalist.

“In case of non-classification, I would call it a disappointment because we came to look for one of the two places for the Olympic Games”, said Pablo Quiroga, Bielsa’s assistant. But the question begins to arise. Is this a disappointment he hates failure? Uruguayan social networks and media will give their verdict on the eternal debate.