The decision is known after the four losses in a row in qualifying rounds that made Celeste fall to seventh place in the table.
Oscar Tabárez He was dismissed this Friday as coach of the Uruguayan soccer team, the national federation reported in a statement, ending a process of 15 years and 8 months of the technical director in charge of the celestial team.
“The AUF Executive Committee informs that it has resolved to terminate the contract of Mr. Oscar Washington Tabárez and other members of the coaching staff of the senior team”Said the statement from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
The decision is known after the four losses in a row in the last two dates for the South American World Cup that made Celeste fall to seventh place in the table, out of any qualifying option.
The AUF text emphasizes that the Committee adopted the decision “by virtue of the present circumstances, committed to the near future and obtaining the results that we all hope.”
“We know it was a difficult decision that will leave us in history for better or for worse. But we believed that the most convenient thing was to take it “, said the member of the Executive Jorge Casales to the local radio Sport 890 after knowing the news, just after the meeting with the coaching staff, which, he said, passed “with great respect, great understanding of both parties.”
“I think there was empathy, the place where we were was understood (…) Without a doubt it was not what they wanted, but it is what the Executive considered best,” he added.
The oldest coach
The 74-year-old ‘Maestro’ Tabárez, thus culminates an extensive process of three decades as Uruguay’s technical director, a cycle that had made him the coach with the longest time in charge of the same soccer team.
In addition, Tábarez had a first cycle as Celeste coach between 1988 and 1990.
The questions of its current continuity began to be felt strongly a month ago, after the triple date of October of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar-2022 World Cup ended.
The team’s falls against Argentina 3-0 and Brazil 4-1, after having drawn at home without goals with Colombia, hit hard both among the fans and the national team.
At that time, the discomfort of the leaders was not so much due to the results as the lack of attitude of the team and the feeling of unease in the locker room, where the players would not have received strong messages from the coaching staff.
However, after meeting weeks ago with the coaching staff at the Celeste Complex, the national team’s training center, the leaders decided to give DT another chance.
But that chance disappeared after the defeats against Argentina (1-0) and Bolivia (3-0) on the last date of November, which left Celeste in seventh position in the table.
Tabárez leaves the national team after a successful process that transformed the image of La Celeste worldwide.
Under his baton, the squad regained the brilliance of yesteryear, qualified for three world championships in a row, reached the semifinals of South Africa-2010 and was fifth in Russia-2018. In addition, he won the 2011 Copa América in Argentina.
In its communiqué, the AUF Committee expressed “emphatically” that the decision of his dismissal “does not imply ignoring the important contribution of Tabárez to Uruguayan soccer”.
“We salute and recognize the fundamental sporting achievements obtained in these 15 years, which once again placed Uruguay in the first places in world football.”
According to Casales, the leaders have not yet contacted any possible successor. “We are going to analyze it quickly but not urgently. Nothing is going to be imminent, but we are already doomed to that next stage ”, said the AUF delegate, who assured that they still do not handle names of a future celestial coach. (D)
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