Bielsa: «Guardiola caused a lot of damage to football …» – England

This weekend -and this Saturday- two great soccer coaches in the world context are put to the test: Marcelo Bielsa and Pep Guardiola (Leeds United and Manchester City, respectively).

In the previous one, Pep Guardiola assumed that the Argentine coach of Leeds is “very probably” the person he “admires” most in football. Moments later, Marcelo Bielsa returned the praises of the Spanish coach from the citizens, without wanting to include himself in comparisons with Pep, or with Jürgen Klopp. “Klopp is one thing, Guardiola is another and I am another. I cannot consider myself in terms of comparison or equality.” [com os dois treinadores de Liverpool e Manchester City, respetivamente]. Guardiola caused a lot of damage to football because, inadvertently, he provided the invention of systems for teams to defend themselves against their own teams. This system must have ten players in the middle of the field, behind the center circle. It is a system to neutralize Guardiola de Klopp’s teams, those who are really trying to play … “”, the Argentine coach began, also pointing out the best clubs to “breathe football”.

“For me, nothing beats what it feels like to coach a team like Newell’s, but if we talk about Europe, European clubs, Marseille and Bilbao are two unique places to breathe football.”