Updated On: 14 July, 2024 08:04 AM IST | Charlotte | AFP
If you see your wife, mother, sister or baby being attacked, and no one is helping, what are they supposed to do? And they are going to punish the people who came to defend them”

Marcelo Bielsa. Pic/AFP
Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa lashed out at Copa America organisers on Friday, saying they were to blame for the brawl between his players and Colombian fans following their semi-final exit. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s third-place playoff against Canada, Bielsa reacted angrily to the disciplinary proceedings opened by CONMEBOL following the violence which erupted after Uruguay’s 1-0 defeat to Colombia on Wednesday.