IGNACIO ALONSO began the presentation of Marcelo Bielsa in charge of the Charrúa Selection “The paths crossed us with Bielsa, each one of us believed in each other and finally we can convey to you the pride that means for Uruguayan football everything, counting on you Marcelo, as one of our own, as the conductor of the most sacred element that you have our country, the National Soccer Team”.
We review the texts of Marcelo Bielsa’s conference.
“They did not have to convince me, I would say quite the opposite. My desire to belong to this project has two extremes, two of which are convincing for me: the players that Uruguay has and the other, the recipient, the ordinary person”.
“I came to spend a weekend in Montevideo with my wife and we stayed, we stayed for two months, I was out of work… One day I told my wife, let’s go to Carrasco to spend the day and return by public transport. The trip lasted 45 minutes and there were a lot of episodes that tested the civility of the people on the bus. The generosity with which people behaved on that trip, the respect for the children, the mother, the women. The players and the height of the citizen were two very important elements”.
“I don’t remember whether or not I managed a Uruguayan player, I can’t say it with precision… Playing well, there is a universal concept, for those who play well their nationality does not matter, there are nuances… from the positions it offers satisfactory versions”.
“It would not be prudent to talk about them (the referents) without having spoken with them before.”
“I don’t have any trip planned at the moment, as for the Uruguayan players, in these months I have generated an idea, three players per position, four if necessary, in that group of 40 players I will choose those who I know the least. To finish getting to know a player, it is necessary to be close to training sessions, I will use these days in June to familiarize myself with those I know less about”.
“The matches of the FIFA date are framed by many conditions, particularities, these that are coming do not escape that possibility of describing them according to a lot of looks. If they can be prepared or not, at what time of the year it happens, a lot of nuances, all the coaches value them. It is an opportunity to spend 9 days with the players, for me it is very valuable to start the work with that perspective”.
“Uruguay can fantasize about fighting for the World Cup and they have to support that fantasy”
“I allow myself to believe that the construction of the team is not going to be as difficult a task as I am relating it.”
“Good players don’t need a lot of time to understand an idea.”
“I always had respect for Tabárez’s work, for the way in which he has chosen to interpret the coaching profession.”
“Ronald Araujo has played on the wing because Xavi has imagined him as the most effective antidote against the best wingers in the world…he was not wrong. Vinicius talks about how he was the best player who marked him. His place is as a center back, that responds to his positional origin and where he feels most comfortable. He is a player who is used for the defensive construction of a game”.
“Equal but different I have read once about Uruguay and Argentina, in football being a compatriot or a foreigner acceptance has only one name, which is victory, triumph…afterwards there will be more or less patience if the person who stars in it deserves it, according to popular sentiment . The rejection of what is not one’s own is legitimate, it is a feeling that consolidates the identification of one’s own, that for me is legitimate”.
“Coaches, journalists and leaders are the worst in football, that is verifiable, football has more followers and is less like a fan falling in love with the game. The three-minute summaries are not football, much less…it is like living with your wife on Saturday night, otherwise there would be no marriage that would fail…looking at highlights is not inflating, you have to avoid destroying it, we do everything everything possible to make football worse and worse… there are fewer and fewer players worth watching…”.
“In football there are 20 great teams and I never managed any of them and they didn’t offer it to me either, how can I be one of the great coaches if I never managed them, this indisputable rule verifies it”.
“The idol is a precious metal for the poorest, I would never do anything that could harm an idol.”
“You cannot compete or reproduce the legacy of Tabárez, I will do what I can, I will try my best”
“I am proud to be Argentine, I like being Argentine, I love soccer in my country, how can it not be otherwise, beyond the fact that I am a soccer fan, the other day I heard a phrase from Martino who said that he did not care how he played nob, but he wins, he doesn’t start to analyze… I wanted Argentina to come out as world champion anyway”.
The reward that Messi obtained, much more related to his patience, his obstinacy, his endurance, beyond his resources, which are extraordinary.”
“I made a comparison of the French players against the Argentines, each one in their positions and my conclusion was that there were 9 better players from France than from Argentina. In this context, Argentina dominated the game 80 minutes out of 90, they proved to be much better than their rivals when the previous analysis showed the opposite. That is the highest praise that the Argentine team deserved”.
“For the first time, I noticed that the public was going to accompany the team beyond winning or not and that is not something of the Argentine fan, that shows what the team earned.”
“Players willing to break their rivals, Messi in a state of mental grace, always has his feet and a public that blended in with the team without conditions. I love you no matter if you win or lose.
Bielsa’s debut in charge of the Uruguayan National Team it will be on wednesday June 14 against the Nicaraguan teamwhich is in position 140 of the FIFA ranking, in the Centennial. The second match will be six days later, on Tuesday June 20, against Cuba.
2023-05-17 16:40:33
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