Marcelo Bielsa visits the humble Capurro Park in search of new talents and as another fan

Marcelo Bielsa, Uruguay coach, visited the humble Parque Capurro field to watch the match between Fénix and Peñarol for date 13 of the Uruguayan Closing Tournament. “El Loco” arrived at the game with the director of national teams, Jorge Giordanoand Marcelo García, president of the Single Youth Council of the Uruguayan Football Association.

The Argentine coach He came to the field as another amateur in the search for new talents that can integrate the youth teams of the South American country. A moment that quickly went viral through social networks and that will be added to another anecdote of a Bielsa who humbly continues to preserve great particularities.

Bielsa lives up to his nickname “El Loco”

The humility of Marcelo Bielsa is once again the protagonist, a lover of football who only thinks about contributing and nourishing himself more every day and often leaving behind the luxuries that this profession offers.

Marcelo Bielsa, Giordano and García were in the official gallerywhere the albiviolet fans were, and during halftime They agreed to take photographs with each of those present who asked to save this special moment on their cell phones.

Marcelo Bielsa lives up to his nickname “El Loco”, although perhaps for being more normal than the environment allows in these times and remaining faithful to the methods of the pasture and the neighborhood. It is important to highlight that Bielsa has already been on several fields since last weekend. Parque Artigas, Parque Saroldi and Parque Capurro are some of the locations where the former Leeds United coach seeks to form the Uruguayan team that will be present in the next Pre-Olympic.

The plans of the Uruguayan Football Association and Marcelo Bielsa

The president of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), Ignacio Alonso, told the plans they have together with Marcelo Bielsa. “We have a number of challenges, we are lagging behind the South American average, we have to recognize it, and that is why in those first meetings and in the contract itself we asked Bielsa to be able to participate in this. “It is a goal in itself of this new process,” he said.

“The main idea is to have a Copa Sudamericana title, Copa Libertadores title again in the medium term., a close fight in these tournaments, to compete with the teams that are starring in them today. We must think that, beyond Europe, there are projects in South America that also do very well,” he concluded.

For now at the senior team level, Bielsa has added important triumphs with the Uruguay national teamlike the two consecutive victories against nothing more and nothing less than against Brazil and Argentina. They are in second place in the South American Qualifiers and, along with Argentina, are the most feared team in Conmebol, with Bielsa’s style of play already beginning to be noticed.

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