World Cup 2018: 5 Coaches That Have Disappointed So Far

#4 Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay)

La Celeste's displays have matched their coach's demeanour

Solid but uninspiring, business-like but dull as dishwater, efficient but boring to watch are some appropriate phrase for describing just how dull the Uruguayan team has been at the World Cup so far.

Going into the Mundial, La Celeste boasted of a strike force that had outscored all other nations during the 2017/18 season but has looked worryingly bereft so far at the tournament. The team's goals so far have come from set pieces and, while they continue to look solid at the back, the lack of goals could haunt them in the latter stages of the tourney.

Luis Suarez, Christian Stuani, and Maxi Gomez scored a combined total of 63 goals in La Liga last season while Edinson Cavani won the Golden Boot in Ligue 1 with 28 goals. Yet, only one of the quartet: Suarez has scored a goal (which came off a goalkeeping howler against Saudi Arabia) while the other two: Stuani and Gomez are yet to even see action.

The lack of dynamic wingers and an effective system to get the ball to the frontline has been a major reason behind the team's lack of goals but this absence of creativity has bit been helped by Tabarez's deployment of three defensive-minded midfielders in games.

Cavani, in particular, has looked very frustrated as he has had to drift into midfield to receive the ball while Suarez has continued with his disjointed displays from his season at Barcelona.

With Portugal, Iran or Spain to come in the Round of 16, Tabarez may have to modify his tactics and infuse a bit of creativity into the team to allow his world-class forwards to prosper.