Leeds United legend Marcelo Bielsa's new side enjoy stunning triumph with huge prize chance
Ex-Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa is doing rather well with his new side.
Former Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay side have enjoyed a stunning triumph ahead of a huge trophy chance.
Promotion-winning Whites boss Bielsa took on his first job since being sacked by Leeds when appointed the new manager of Uruguay in May of last year.
All roads led to this summer’s Copa America, ahead of which Uruguay took in an international friendly in Colorado against Mexico in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Uruguay approached the contest having lost just one of their last six games and Bielsa’s side turned on the style to produce a superb 4-0 victory in which Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez bagged a hat-trick.
Manchester United’s former Granada loanee Facundo Pellistri was also on target for Uruguay who are now as short as 5-1 third favourites for Copa America glory behind Argentina and Brazil.
Uruguay’s fourth goal which saw Nunez complete his hat-trick was scored in true Bielsa-ball style, his team rapidly moving the ball from one end of the pitch to the other in a matter of seconds before Nunez swept home.
Held in the United States, the Copa America begins on Thursday, June 20. Uruguay have been drawn in the same group as the USA, Bolivia and Panama, the top two progressing to the quarter-finals.