This Friday, the Uruguayan football federation announced the dismissal of Oscar Tabárez from the position of coach, a position he had occupied since March 2006. In 2011, the coach managed to lead Uruguay to winning the Copa América, also making history. the good journey in the 2010 World Cup, in which the Uruguayan team reached the semi-finals (defeat by 2-3 against the Netherlands).
At 74 years old, Tabárez cannot resist the difficulties that the Uruguayans have felt in the South American qualification for the 2022 World Cup, where they occupy the 7th place, with 16 points. The resounding defeat in Bolivia, by 0-3, turned out to be Tabárez’s last game as coach, with the coach unable to reverse the bad phase of four straight losses for the national team. charrua.
Sebastián Coates and Manuel Ugarte (Sporting) and also Darwin Núñez (Benfica) will thus have a new selector for the last four rounds on the way to the World Cup in Qatar, against Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru and Chile.
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– Uruguayan National Team (@Uruguay) November 19, 2021
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