The elimination of the Uruguayan team in the 2026 World Cup would have generated anger, intransigence and retaliation from the directors of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) against the Uruguayan coaching staff and players by canceling the charter from the United States to Uruguay.

The decision would have affected all the members of the Uruguay national team, who would have had to find flights on their own to travel to their different destinations, some of them to report to their teams in Europe and others back to the South American country to start their vacation period.

Before the elimination, the AUF leaders had guaranteed the return by charter flight under the slogan that if they win, everyone does it and if they lose, the same, but in the end, the blow of the setback with Spain and the very strained relationship between the players and Marcelo Bielsa, they decided to cancel the special transfer.

With this determination, the footballers will travel on commercial flights and with different itineraries. Some will return directly to the countries where they play with their clubs to join the preseason, while others will stop in Uruguay to enjoy a few days of rest before resuming their professional activity.

Meanwhile, in the Uruguayan environment, the very heated atmosphere that was generated between Bielsa continues to be managed, who recognized in recent days that he was a very toxic person and too negative for the people who are close to him, because from words they turned to actions and the team ended up in a match.

A group led by leaders such as Valverde, Rochet, Muslera, Cannobio and Darwin Núñez, lost the relationship and the team was disjointed to the extent that each person wanted to win the war on their own.

The elimination was completed after the 1-0 defeat against Spain, a result that left Uruguay with no mathematical possibility of advancing to the round of 32. Although the team offered resistance during several periods of the match, they did not find the force necessary to change history and ended up saying goodbye earlier than expected.

Will Bielsa continue?

Although in recent days it was reported that Marcelo Bielsa had announced his separation from the Uruguayan team, the AUF commanders will carry out an analysis of the team's performance and planning for the next World Cup process.

In this analysis, the continuity of the “Mad” is not ruled out, but it seems a very distant position, especially due to the internal ego struggle that the personality of the controversial Argentine strategist generated, but with all that, it is ensured that the good things outweighed the bad.