By Sergio Silva
Nov 17, 2024, 09:38 AM EST
The Uruguay coach, Marcelo Bielsa, pointed out that the good work that Rodrigo Aguirre has been doing at Club América of the Liga MX was decisive in calling him to La Celeste with which he had a great debut scoring in the recent Uruguayan victory against Colombia (3-2) in Montevideo.
The experienced Argentine coach assured that he had been monitoring the work of the 30-year-old forward in the Mexican championship where he already has several years of experience between the Rayos del Necaxa, the Rayados de Monterrey and now with the Águilas del América.
“I have been following Aguirre’s performances for quite some time, he achieved ownership in América and that is not easy”Marcelo Bielsa commented to the media shortly after the vibrant victory against the Colombians in the South American qualifiers.
“In the last few months in América he achieved ownership and in a team as important as that it is not easy and it seemed to me that it fit our needs”’Loco’ Bielsa continued about the current situation of the Uruguayan attacker who had not received the opportunity to play for his national team.
The coach of the Uruguayan team confessed that he took as a reference the work of the Uruguayan striker alongside Henry Martín in the Azulcrema team to try to copy it in the Uruguayan National Team, what he put into practice last Thursday in the duel against the Colombians.
“He shared the attack with the ‘9’ of the Mexican National Team and I linked that with bringing him closer to Darwin (Núñez) to have a little more offensive strength, and he seemed to me to be an unbalancing player”Bielsa said about what he thought when including Aguirre in his game plan.
The Uruguayan National Team is now preparing to face Brazil in Salvador de Bahía in a match corresponding to matchday 12 of the South American qualifiers that will mark the end of the calendar for the remainder of 2024 in which the Celeste will seek to finish on the best note. shape.
After four consecutive games without being able to add three points on the way to the 2026 World Cup, the Uruguayan team was reunited with victory on Thursday against Colombia to tie them in second place in the table with 19 points as a result of five wins. four draws and two falls.
The leader of the classification continues to be Argentina with 22 units and on this day they will be facing Peru with the firm objective of staying at the forefront of the qualifying rounds against the stalking of Uruguayans and Colombians.
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