Marcelo Bielsa has expressed gratitude for the chance to manage Luis Suarez, who is yet to make a decision on his Uruguay future after they finished third at the Copa America.
Suarez scored a last-gasp equaliser as Uruguay drew 2-2 with Canada in Saturday s third-place play-off before claiming the bronze medal with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win.
He converted La Celeste s fourth and final penalty before Alphonso Davies clipped the crossbar with an attempted Panenka, as Uruguay matched their second-best Copa America result this century (having won the trophy in 2011).
Suarez was playing his 19th match at the Copa America and has scored at four separate editions of the tournament (2011, 2019, 2021 and 2024), a feat only matched by three other Uruguayans – Roberto Po…