Although Rosario’s coach has yet to face a duel for points, his decisions and his way of acting have been questioned by the Uruguayan press.
The start of the Qualifiers for Chile is set for this Friday. La Roja are due to travel to the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo to face Uruguay for the first date in the process of finding 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Canada, USA and Mexico.
And in the sky blue team, the atmosphere is far from calm for coach Marcelo Bielsa. His way of acting and his decisions, among which stands out the refusal to summon Edinson Cavani and Luis Suárez they put it in front of the local press .
An example of this is the discussion he had with a journalist during the press conference this Sunday before announcing the list of players for the first two dates.
There, one of the professionals present questioned the Argentinian about a criticism of journalism.
“Of course, I care about the opinion of the recipients of what you comment on. It’s not that I care what the media thinks, because the media can say anything without blushing as long as it allows them to increase the number of people who hear them. “, underlined the former coach of La Roja.
After that, a reporter said, “I wanted to take a note of a generalization you made. Of course, journalism needs an audience, but personally, I’ve never commented with the idea of earning it. Rightly or wrongly, as a journalist, I give my opinion on what I think is right and I believe most of my colleagues act the same way.
Given this, Bielsa replied: “I can’t comment on you, now if you think most of your colleagues act on the principles you just said, let me tell you, you’re absolutely wrong. “.
“It’s your discretion, but let’s not waste time on this matter “replied the journalist. Later, Bielsa explained that “we are not losing it, quite the contrary. Moreover, the one who made a corporate protection of your profession, it is you and me, by coherence, I answer you”.
“Faced with a generalization,” continued the communicator, who received a response “I didn’t generalize!”
Then the reporter added. “Yes, you say that we journalists were looking for an audience and for that audience we would say anything “.
Later, Bielsa pointed out that “you know that generalization includes exceptions. The one who generalizes does not imply everyone, but rather says “this is the profile of what I am describing”. Of course, there are exceptions and if you consider yourself an exception, that’s fine with me. I hope it is so for you and for those who respect you. Now, if you tell me that this is the profile of journalism today, it is for me a parody of the intelligence of those who listen to you. “.
Already closing the topic, the reporter said, “I don’t think so and I’m happy to look him in the eye.” About this last sentence, Bielsa wondered. “We continue with indecipherable positions, what does it mean that he is happy to look me in the eye? “.
“That the rest of the conference got their eyes downcast “, replied this one.
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