Bielsa Leaves Uruguay After World Cup Exit, 1-0 Loss to Spain

Marcelo Bielsa will leave as Uruguay head coach after their elimination from the World Cup, confirmed by a 1-0 defeat to Spain in Guadalajara. Uruguay failed to win a game in a group that also included Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia. Bielsa, 70, admitted he had left nothing to Uruguayan football and accepted full responsibility for the disappointment. Uruguay's group-stage exit — without a single win against a field that included Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia — marks a significant low point for a nation with deep World Cup history, and ends Bielsa's tenure on his own admission of failure.