Diego Alonso and the ‘teacher’ Ortega will lead Uruguay

Uruguay It has a new coach, who will supplant Maestro Tabárez, after 15 years of this at the head of the sky. Diego Alonso, from the mattress past in the middle of the first decade of the century, when Atlético was in the Second Division, will be the new coach.

The teacher Oscar Ortega, the physical trainer of Cholo Simeone a decade ago, will accompany him. But the teacher Ortega will not leave Atlético de Madrid, but will work under a special regime, similar to footballers when they are called up.

Ortega will join the Uruguayan team during the FIFA windows, in which he will travel to South America.

Uruguay has four games pending for the South American Qualifiers. The first will be on January 27 against Paraguay in Asunción. Later, to complete the penultimate double round, they will play on February 1 against Venezuela in Montevideo. The definition will come in March, when they must face Peru at the Centenario Stadium and Chile as a visitor.

He is currently in seventh place and the first four qualify directly to Qatar. If he finishes fifth in the table, he will have to play a play-off against an Asian team in Qatar next June.

El Tornado Diego Alonso, 46, began his coaching career ten years ago. He directed the Uruguayan Bella Vista, Guaraní and Olimpia in Paraguay, and Peñarol in Montevideo. But the best of his career came when he came to Mexico to coach Pachuca and Monterrey, with whom he won the Concacaf Club Cup. Later it was the coach of David Beeckham’s team, Inter Miami, who at the time wanted the Luis Suárez contest.

Alonso was molded at the beginning of his playing career by Julio Ribas, current Gibraltar coach, when he managed it as a practically youth at the Uruguayan Bella Vista.

Meetings with Godín, Suárez and Giménez

At this time of the morning, the new coach should be starting his task as the Uruguayan team’s main team. He currently resides in Madrid, so face-to-face encounters with referents of the celestial who act in European football will be facilitated.

It is announced that the first contact will be by telephone with captain Diego Godín, today at Cagliari. But he will also have the opportunity to talk with Luis Suárez and Josema Giménez in the next few days.

Next Wednesday, the 23rd, he will be arriving in Montevideo, where he will give a face-to-face press conference after two years of virtual conferences in the conduct of the celestial team.

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