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• Head coach looked downwards in official Fifa photo

• ‘The picture was taken the way it was taken’

The Uruguay head coach Marcelo Bielsa has lived up to his maverick reputation by refusing to cooperate during a bizarre photoshoot for Fifa at the 2026 World Cup.

Bielsa – known as El Loco – stared down at the floor, hands in pockets, statuesque, during the obligatory media duty last Wednesday. The 70-year-old hit back at reporters when quizzed about the incident after Uruguay’s 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia on Monday.