“There were aspects of the conference that do not represent the opinion of the AUF,” said Ignacio Alonso, head of the governing body of Uruguayan football.
Beyond the third place, one of the highlights of Uruguay in the last America Cup It happened when Marcelo Bielsa criticized the FIFA Yet the Conmebolin the run-up to the match against Canada. Just over a week later, Ignacio Alonsopresident of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), distanced himself from the Rosario native’s comments.
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“He spoke about issues related to the Uruguay-Colombia match: the lack of security to prevent the Colombian fans from attacking the players’ families,” he explained. Ignacio Alonso in AUF TV. After the 1-0 defeat in the quarter-finals against ColombiaIn Charlotte, some Uruguayan players entered the stands to defend their relatives from the supporters coffee growers.
“There were people who did the security work and there was security who did not do the work of not allowing the protocol (of evacuating the fans to the playing field). That was not done until an order came,” he said. Ignacio Alonso“What Bielsa described was what we saw,” he said about the coach’s comments about the end of the match against Colombia.
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He added: “Then there are other aspects of the conference such as FIFAGate that cannot be compared with the current situation. There are other points of the conference that are very much his own opinion and do not represent the opinion of the AUF.”
“This country (the United States), when it felt that its interests were being attacked, created the FIFA Gate with the FBI. They did what they wanted but it was for their interests.”had stated Marcelo Bielsa during the press conference prior to the match against Canada for third place in the 2024 Copa América.
The president of the AUF clarified that he spoke with the Argentine coach, although “it was not about the conference but about the case.” “It was very positive and each one has his own view,” he said. Ignacio Alonso made it clear that Marcelo Bielsa “accepted that the legal representation (for the disciplinary case opened by Conmebol) be by the AUF, by Ariel Reck,” the lawyer who is also defending the eleven Uruguayan players against a possible sanction for the incidents at the end of the match against Colombia.
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