Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has
criticised the decision for this summer’s Centennial Copa America to be
held in the United States.
Last summer’s tournament was played in -
and won by - Chile, with this year’s 45th edition of the competition
taking place to make 100 years since the Copa America began.
It has never been held outside of South
America in the past, though, and Tabarez says it doesn’t feel like the
same tournament given the circumstances.
“It’s going to be played all over the United States, I don’t like it,” he said.
“The teams that reach the final will have been over the whole of the country - and it’s an impressively big country.
“Then there’s the heat there, which, on top of the distances to be travelled, increases the demands [on the players].
“That’s why I don’t think it will be an ordinary Copa America.
“It’s a very special Copa America, although I wouldn’t call it a Copa America, for me the Copa America is something else.”
The Celeste are in a group with Venezuela, Jamaica and
Mexico and their games are scheduled for Glendale, Philadelphia and
Santa Clara.
On 25 March 2016, Tabárez surpassed Francisco Maturana
for the head coach with most World Cup qualifying games in South
America with 47, with the singularity that he has only managed Uruguay.
Tabárez also is the fifth-ranked manager with the most games at the Copa América with 23, participating in four tournaments (1989, 2007, 2011 and 2015). He has the chance to reach the fourth spot at Copa América Centenario.
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