Bielsa activates Uruguay! 5 goals in the first war, for the first time in 65 years, the sword pointed to the America's Cup

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2024-06-28 11:24Creators in the field of sports

After a 5-0 win over Bolivia, Uruguay advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa America with two straight wins. The Sky Blues claimed their biggest win in two years and their biggest win in the Copa America in 65 years.

On December 15, 1959, Uruguay defeated Argentina 5-0. However, this did not help Uruguay to win the championship, as the Copa America was played in a single round-robin format, with Argentina eventually beating Brazil to win the title.

In all competitions, Uruguay's last win was on 11 June 2022, when they beat Panama 5-0. Edinson Cavani scored twice, while De La Cruz, Maxi Gomez and Diego Rossi each scored a goal.

After a poor performance at the 2022 World Cup, Bielsa took over the reins of Uruguay in 2023. After that, he quickly helped the team through the refresh, forming the trident of Pellistri, Nunez and Maximiano Araujo.

Comparing the 2022 Copa America against Panama and the 2024 Copa America against Bolivia, you can see how much Bielsa has been transformed. Only Oliveira, Araujo, Nandez, Valverde and Pellistri continued to start, and among the six players in the midfield, only Valverde and Pellistri continued to start, and the two were only 25 and 22 years old respectively.

With the exception of goalkeeper Lochet, 31, Nandez, 28, De La Cruz, 27, and Bentancur, the rest of the players are under the age of 25.

Despite building a young team, Uruguay have performed quite well, winning 2-0 against Brazil and Argentina in the World Qualifiers, and in the last three games, Uruguay have scored 12 goals and conceded only one goal.

Against Bolivia, Uruguay enjoyed 60% possession and scored five goals from 18 attempts with nine on target while their opponents had just one of their four attempts on target. It is worth mentioning that after leading Argentina to a 6-1 victory over Ecuador in the 2004 Copa America, Bielsa became the first coach in the history of the Copa America to lead different teams to win by more than five goals.

Compared to the "twilight" performance of the World Cup, Uruguay has now become "energetic" and has become one of the favorites to win this Copa America.

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