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Uruguay out of World Cup as players forced to get commercial flights
Uruguay crashed out of the World Cup group stage after a 1-0 loss to Spain, with the nation's soccer chiefs sending players home on commercial flights as coach Marcelo Bielsa resigned
Another tough tournament for the defender.
The AUF, Uruguay's soccer federation, has canceled the charter flight set to take players from their base camp in Mexico back to their capital city of Montevideo, according to Uruguayan broadcaster Tenfield. Players will instead be left to take commercial flights either home or to vacations with their families.
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