Uruguay FA Cancels Team Charter After 1-0 World Cup Exit to Spain
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 27
Uruguay FA Cancels Team Charter After 1-0 World Cup Exit to Spain
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jun 27
Summary
Uruguay's soccer federation canceled the team's charter flight from its Mexico base to Montevideo after Friday's elimination, leaving players to book commercial flights home or to family vacations.
A 1-0 loss to Spain ended Uruguay's 2026 World Cup and sent Cape Verde into the knockout stage, a major upset in a group Uruguay had been heavily favored to escape.
Marcelo Bielsa's postgame anger spilled into a viral confrontation with journalists, underscoring the turmoil around a winless campaign.
That exit deepens a broader decline: Uruguay has now gone out in the group stage at two straight World Cups after reaching the 2018 quarterfinals, following years of infighting under Bielsa and Luis Suarez's retirement from international play.