One of the World Cup’s most notable teams blamed FIFA after their travel to their first game was delayed.
Uruguay, which has won the tournament twice, was left waiting for the right permissions before its players and staff could fly to the US on Sunday.
The squad was training in Cancn, Mexico, ahead of its first game, set for Monday evening in Miami against Saudi Arabia.
However, the airplane scheduled to take them to Florida wasn’t authorized to enter the US because of paperwork issues, according to reports in the Uruguayan media.
“Due to problems beyond the control of the AUF, the departure from Mexico has been delayed,” the Uruguayan Football Association, or AUF, said in a stat...
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Uruguay blames FIFA for travel chaos
Source: Sun News Online
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