Óscar Washington Tabárez marked ‘a before and after’ in the Uruguay national team, says Diego Forlán

Former Uruguayan international Diego Forlán wrote a message of support to the Celeste coach, Óscar Washington Tabárez, in which he said that he marked “a before and after” in the national team.

“Thank you, Master, for everything you did for Uruguay, at the national and national level. You marked a before and after, that is why your name will remain in history forever “, he wrote on his social network account Twitter.

He accompanied the brief message with a photo in which the then forward of the national team is seen with Tabárez, the coach with whom Uruguay won the 2011 Copa América after finishing fourth in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Uruguay’s coach, Óscar Washington Tabárez, was dismissed this Friday, three days after La Celeste accumulated its fourth consecutive defeat for the South American qualifier to the Qatar 2022 World Cup and after more than fifteen years at the helm of the South American team.

“The Executive Committee of the Uruguayan Football Association has adopted this difficult decision by virtue of the present circumstances, committed to the near future and obtaining the results that we all expect,” says a statement issued by the governing body of local football.

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He adds that this decision does not imply ignoring “the important contribution” of Tabárez to soccer in the South American country.

Tabárez, 74, first took over as head of the Uruguayan team in 1988 and left after the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

After several years, on March 8, 2006, ‘the Master’ returned to La Celeste and from that moment he led a process that it lasted 15 years and eight months.

Champion of America and World Cup on three other occasions, the coach witnessed the growth of a huge number of footballers, including Forlán himself, Diego Godín, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani and Federico Valverde. (D)