This start of the international break was marked by a scene involving a major Paris Saint-Germain player.
Fiery and tireless in the game, Manuel Ugarte does not hesitate to show his temperament when tempers get heated. The defensive midfielder demonstrated it again this week, on the night of Thursday to Friday, during a heated match between Argentina and his team Uruguay, as part of the qualifying campaign for the Cup of the World 2026 in the AmSud zone.
As is often the case in this type of match between two rivals from the South American continent, certain sequences gave way to altercations, in a context where “trash-talking” is very common. One scene involved two key midfield players, Manuel Ugarte, therefore, and the Argentinian Rodrigo De Paul. The tone rose between the two midfielders, before the Paris Saint-Germain player criticized the Atlético de Madrid player for being “a sucker” for Lionel Messi, according to comments reported by TyC Sports.
Manuel Ugarte’s gesture towards De Paul during the Argentina-Uruguay clash. 😳😳
Marcelo Bielsa’s men inflicted their first defeat of the year on the world champions. 🇦🇷🇺🇾pic.twitter.com/uCi373maIz
— BeSoccer 🇫🇷 (@BeSoccerFR) November 17, 2023
A moment captured by Argentinian television channels, and inevitably much commented on on the web. It didn’t take much for football aficionados to react to this little moment of tension. As a reminder, Uruguay struck a big blow since the selection of Marcelo Bielsa was the first team to dominate Argentina in this year 2023, with a 2-0 victory in the den of the world champions.
