Uruguay, a ‘solid team’ led by one of the ‘best coaches in the world’

Ecuador takes on Uruguay qualifying rounds and coach of the tricolor Felix Sanchez Bass what will happen can already be guessed match against one of the toughest opponents in the World Cup South American, of what He highlighted his performance and the presence of coach Marcelo Bielsa.

Light blue coming after beating Chile 3-1 at homea match that, although with little time to prepare, the manager Marcelo Bielsa is already showing off his work according to the local press, That’s why there was only praise for the Uruguayan team and its captain Sánchez Bas.

Marcelo Bielsa on La Tri: Ecuador is a brave team, difficult to face

The strategist spoke about the “strength” of the team that has “one of the best technicians in the world”, who despite “a short time (on the job) to get the best out of the players is already starting to see a lot of the things he wants from the team.”

“It’s Uruguaysolid, strong team, winner of the duel in the defensive line. We will try to create chances and reach the last third of the pitch because that is the only way we can throw the game out of balance,” said the Ecuadorian coach.

Sánchez Bas mentioned Celeste standing out collectively and having individualities “that can make a difference”, well charrúas will jump this Tuesday (16:00) at Rodrigo Paz field “with the mentality of winning the gameit cannot be otherwise. He won’t ask for a tie, The second thing will be to see their style of play considering that they are coming to play in Quito,” said the strategist because of the height problem.

To counter the play of the Uruguayans, Ecuador will try to appeal to the work of the bands in search of “finding advantages and superiority”. through those areas, using players of different profiles.”

The warning point for the tricolor helmsman is the “violence” of the charrú in the defensive line. “To overcome that, we have to try to create situations in their field, we will see if we can generate actions in the last third of the field so that we can unbalance. Different phases of the game will be presented, and we will try to get winners out of them with ball handling which is what we lacked a little more (against Argentina),” he pointed out.

“We have a game plan,” said Trija’s coach, “but in front of us is another team that will try to propose their own terms, so We’ll see how the game develops, but we’re playing at home and that’s to our advantage“, he concluded. (D)

South American qualifiers 2026