Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure me1990 World Cup, murairidzi wechikwata chenyika Óscar Tabárez akatsiviwa naLuis Cubilla, uyo aidzidzisa Francescoli asina kushandiswa kuRwizi Plate, apo Francescoli akatanga kusvika pakirabhu makore apfuura. Cubilla akaunza manzwiro akasimba enyika pakati pevateveri veUruguay panguva iyoyo, kunyanya kutsamwira vatambi venyika vaitamba muEurope, uye akatoratidza kuti Francescoli, uyewo Rubén Sosa, Carlos Aguilera naOscar Herrera, vaive "dinheiristas" ("varwi vanobhadharwa mari"). Vakakatyamadzwa, vakaramba kutamba kana Cubilla asina kudzorera mashoko ake uye vatambi ava vakasiyiwa kunze kweCopa América ya1991. Pasina nyeredzi dze"Europe", Uruguay yakawa munharaunda yokutanga. Pakasvika nguva yemutambo wa1993
vakauya, vatambi vakanga vatodanwa kare kuti vadzokere kuchikwata. Kunyange zvazvo akanga akadanwa naCubilla, Francescoli akaiswa pabhenji mumutambo wose, uye Uruguay zvakare zvakare akaodzwa mwoyo, achitambura kubviswa kwechina-fainari. Mumutambo wehushamwari gare gare gore iroro, Francescoli akaita kuoneka kwake kwekutanga kwe "Celeste" mumakore mazhinji. Zvichakadaro, South American vakwikwidzi Argentina akahwina zvose 1991 uye 1993 shanduro mutambo, ichipfuura Uruguay sezvo chikwata pamwe vakawanda Copa América mazita (14).