Uruguay Football Association Cancels Private Plane, Sends Squad Home on Commercial Flights

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Uruguay Football Association Cancels Private Plane, Sends Squad Home on Commercial Flights

AUF pulled the private plane for the squad following their World Cup exit, per Martin Charquero, with every player now returning home on a commercial flight. The decision is a telling sign of the fallout from their group stage elimination, coming weeks after the AUF publicly blamed FIFA for flight chaos that delayed the squad's arrival to the host country.

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