Football coach Bielsa suspended after Uruguay’s late arrival on the field during the Copa America

(Reuters) – Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has been suspended by CONMEBOL for one match after his side showed up late for Thursday’s 5-0 win over Bolivia.

The South American football federation also imposed a fine of 15,000 on the Uruguayan Football Federation. dollars after Bielsa’s team failed to comply with Articles 104 and 145 of the tournament regulations, which refer to entering the field “later than the scheduled start or resumption time of play,” CONMEBOL said in a statement on Sunday.

Bielsa will not be on the bench when his team face the United States in their final Group C match at the Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Monday, with his assistant Pablo Quiroga expected to be on the bench.

The former Leeds United boss is the fourth coach to be suspended for the same reason from this year’s Copa America, after Argentina’s Lionel Scaloni, Chile coach Ricardo Gareca and Venezuela manager Fernando Batista.

(Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City; editing by Toby Davis)

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