El Loco leads La Celeste on their way to the 2026 World Cup and will soon face the world champion.
The CONMEBOL Qualifications On their way to the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, they will receive a more than special ingredient: Marcelo Bielsa will be responsible for managing the Uruguay national teamwho took part in the Qatar World Cup led by Diego Alonso, but did not get past the group stage despite a large group of youth players and the experience of historical figures such as Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani or Fernando Muslera.
Since the competition that will take place in North America will have 48 teams, 16 more than the previous edition, South American football will have two more places: six will qualify directly and the seventh in the ranking will go to the repechage. And with the Fool’s presence on the Celeste couch, the most anticipated duel will be when he has to face the Argentina team of world champions.
On March 15, CONMEBOL made official the match, which will be identical to that of the previous World Cup qualifiers. And in this way, The clash between Argentines and Charrúas will take place in the context of date 5, which will take place in November 2023especially in the Monumental, given the presence of the one who was DT of the Albiceleste between 1999 and 2004.
While, for the second wheel, the faces will be seen within the frame of the matchday 13, with an estimated date of March 2025 at Centenario Stadium.
It should be remembered that Bielsa faced Argentina twice, when he coached the Chilean national team on their way to South Africa 2010: at the Monumental, on October 13, 2007, the team led by Coco Basile won 2- 0 with two great goals from Juan Román Riquelme, while La Roja won 1-0 at the National Stadium in Santiago on October 15, 2008 with a goal from Fabián Orellana, a duel that marked the end of Coco’s cycle, who would be replaced by Diego Maradona.
Source: Goal