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The Opposition Files: Uruguay - Tabarez's young Celeste look to Bentancur for inspiration

ANALYSIS - Rupert Fryer

Coach: Oscar Tabarez

Oscar Washington Tabarez is one of the true greats of international football. For the dozens who to have been anointed the nickname, few are as deserving of their ‘el maestro’ tag than the 71-year-old former schoolteacher.

After leading his country to the Round of 16 at Italia 90, the former Boca Juniors and Milan coach returned for his second stint in charge in 2006 and has remained ever since, battling his recent ill health to continue Uruguay’s great tradition as the greatest overachievers in the history of world sports.