Published Jun 22, 2026, 10:22 AM ET · Updated 5 months ago · 1 source

Uruguay misfire and leave Bielsa-ball in danger of kicking the bucket at World Cup

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Uruguay misfire and leave Bielsa-ball in danger of kicking the bucket at World Cup

Anyone brave enough to predict the Geopolitics World Cup knockout bracket before the tournament would have clocked that Argentina could meet Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay in the last 32 and thought: “Cor, that’ll be fun”. But nothing seems to be very fun for the two-time winners at the moment. After narrowly avoiding defeat by Saudi Arabia in their opener in Miami, Uruguay were held again by Cape Verde at Hard [Luck] Stadium, meaning Bielsa-ball might not go beyond the group stage after all. “I think