The Rosario coach euphorically celebrated La Celeste’s third goal against Colombia. “Triumphs like this are healing,” he said after the match.
After a long time, Marcelo Bielsa was able to celebrate with Uruguay. And how he did it. Colombia made it 2-2 in the sixth minute of added time at the Centenario Stadium. The equality seemed complete until the appearance of Manuel Ugarte. The midfielder attacked in the area, in a play that he himself created and defined with an instep strike. What happened is obvious. His goal sparked madness in Montevideo. The clock marked the ninth accumulation.
The Fool’s reaction quickly went viral. He got up from the refrigerator where he usually sits and ran out to celebrate the goal. His collaborators and replacements passed on one side. The man from Rosario, as rarely, was moved by the conquest. La Celeste reached 19 units and reached second place.
After the match, the coach evaluated his team’s victory. “Triumphs like today are healing in the sense that they bring all parties together around a feeling as strong as the Uruguay national team very close. In addition, it was a very exciting match, the determination of the players to maintain the victory which seemed impossible after a draw with so little remaining was very evident. There was immense joy and, as I said before, it was a well-deserved victory,” he said.
“It was essential to win again and however it happened, it was a very necessary victory,” he added. Despite this, he admitted that the game was far from being the one he loves. “I didn’t imagine it like that, I always imagine myself having the ball and recovering it quickly. This taught us a lot about preventing Colombia from having long possessions. “They are a team that has a very oiled and successful way of playing, they defend, press and handle the ball and have an imbalance, which makes them a very difficult rival to beat,” he said.
“In an equal match, with their superior possession, in goal situations we were better and by alternating the management of the match process, the victory was deserved, narrowly, but we deserved to win. I attach a lot of importance to it because it is very difficult to play against the Colombian team,” he added.
Source: Latercera
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