The Marcelo Bielsa era for Uruguay culminates at the 2026 World Cup, where his new-look roster is hoping to live up to the standards set by its predecessors.
When the curtain closed on Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani’s time in a sky blue shirt, La Celeste were suddenly left without two pillars of the national team with the biggest World Cup in history looming (although Suárez has said he would still play). Now the pressure falls on Real Madrid star Federico Valverde to lead a Uruguay team desperate to make up for its recent failures.
