Marcelo Bielsa has suggested that “nobody was interested” in what he transmitted after Uruguay were knocked out of the World Cup.<\/p>\n
The 70-year-old former Leeds boss oversaw a disappointing tournament with Uruguay, who finished third in Group H but did not have enough points to squeeze into the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
Uruguay secured just two points in their group campaign with draws to Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde before losing 1-0 to Spain.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference lasting an hour and 40 minutes, Bielsa bid a “very painful” goodbye and suggested that “nothing” he tried to transmit was “important at any level”.<\/p>\n
“What I have absolute certainty of is that nobody cares what I know,” Bielsa told journalists, in quotes reported by the Athletic.<\/p>\n
“I know when someone cares what I know. Nothing I tried to transmit was important, at any level. That was never important from my point of view. I don’t see anything bad in it \u2014 other people aren\u2019t interested in learning what I know. Case closed.<\/p>\n
“Nobody was interested in what I transmitted, I don\u2019t have the smallest doubt of that.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve experienced it in the same way that an engineer who lived in Australia and wanted to be a manager in Montevideo came over. I said ‘OK, come over\u2019, I told him what I know and he accepted it and is now working in Uruguayan football. He\u2019s the only one who I remember being interested.”<\/p>\n
Bielsa concluded his mammoth press conference by acknowledging two incidents that took place during the World Cup.<\/p>\n
For his television pictures shown before matches, Bielsa opted to look downwards during the shots and also spoke about his reaction during a post-match television interview in the aftermath of their defeat to Spain.<\/p>\n
“I wanted to make reference to something \u2013 an apology, in inverted commas. When they took my photo for FIFA, I\u2019m no good at posing for photos,” he said.<\/p>\n
“And the second thing I wanted to refer to was after the game against Spain, when there\u2019s obligations with the companies who buy the rights to give a certain quantity of interviews. They manage times of anguish as if they were times of happiness.<\/p>\n
“I reacted against the delay in the questions which I was obliged to answer and I reacted because they waited, waited and I was overcome with pain. That\u2019s why I perhaps wasn\u2019t as polite as I should have been.”<\/p>\n
The World Cup games have proven hugely popular with football fans across Ireland, with RT\u00c9’s live coverage attracting strong audiences on RT\u00c92, RT\u00c9 Player and online.<\/p>\n
From 11\u201328 June, FIFA World Cup matches broadcast on RT\u00c9 Player accumulated 9.2 million streams, already surpassing the total streaming figure recorded during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
During the same time period, FIFA World Cup matches had a total 1-minute reach of 2.9 million unique individuals on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c92+1.<\/p>\n
The standout fixture of the tournament so far was England v Croatia on 17 June, which drew an average television audience of 615,000 viewers and achieved an impressive 51% audience share on RT\u00c92. The match also drew a significant audience on RT\u00c9 Player, attracting an additional 404,000 streams, making it the most-streamed match of the tournament to date.<\/p>\n
Other top-performing fixtures included England v Ghana, which reached an estimated 500,000 viewers and secured a 43% share on RT\u00c92 with an additional 334,000 streams on RT\u00c9 Player, while Mexico v South Africa attracted 484,000 viewers and 41% share on RT\u00c92 with an additional 364,000 streams on RT\u00c9 Player.<\/p>\n
Matches featuring major football nations including France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and England all delivered strong audiences throughout the group stages.<\/p>\n
On RT\u00c9 Sport Online and on RT\u00c9 Sport social channels, there are 23 million video views across all social platforms to date. This includes over four million views of highlights and analysis on the RT\u00c9 Sport YouTube page.<\/p>\n
Watch every game of the FIFA 2026 World Cup live on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c9 Player with highlights on RT\u00c9 Sport digital platforms and live blogs on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app<\/p>\n
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