World Cup 2026: Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight home, has players fly commercial after elimination [View all]
The ugliness of Uruguay's 2026 World Cup elimination apparently goes well beyond the field.
The AUF, Uruguay's soccer federation, has canceled the charter flight set to take players from their base camp in Mexico back to their capital city of Montevideo, according to Uruguayan broadcaster Tenfield. Players will instead be left to take commercial flights either home or to vacations with their families.
Uruguay's World Cup campaign officially ended on Friday with a 1-0 loss to Spain, which allowed Cape Verde to advance to the knockout rounds in one of the most shocking group results in the history of the tournament. It is a mortifying result for a squad overwhelmingly favored to advance over Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia.
Manager Marcelo Bielsa went viral in the aftermath, furiously yelling at journalists in a postgame interview.
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