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Leeds United are set to mark their return to the Premier League after 16 years. Coach Marcelo Bielsa is also about to have his first career match in the Premier League. It is an event worth waiting for.
Coach Marcelo Bielsa recently officially extended his contract with Leeds United this season. Since joining the local Elland Road team, the Argentine military’s contract is renewed after each season. For the past two years, the leaders of Leeds and Bielsa have met each season to discuss this issue.
And when the 65-year-old coach helped the West Yorkshire club return to the Premier League after 16 years, many fans of the club were worried about their future. However, writer Phil Hay, a Leeds United watchdog, said that club leaders had never thought about Bielsa leaving after the club’s promotion.
At the end of the 2018/2019 season, after Leeds lost to Derby County in the semi-finals of the play-off Championship, the club created a contingency plan in which Slavisa Jokanovic and Aitor Karanka were the target names in the event. that Bielsa did not. agree to extend the contract. However, this season, there is no backup list. Both teams have relied on each other to help Leeds make their mark and at least stay in the Premier League.
Right now, Leeds United are about to have a match that marks their return to the Premier League after 16 years. With coach Marcelo Bielsa, he is also about to have his first career match at the top of the mist country after earning a reputation in the top clubs and national teams. It is an event worth waiting for.
“He gives everyone hope. We play another type of football and the players have instilled it. Since Marcelo arrived, some players have improved. He merged with the city and applauded. If our fans get 15,000 tickets to an away game, we can sell them all, ”said Eddie Gray of Leeds United, with FourFourTwo.
Meanwhile, Judith Blake, Leeds City Council Director, said: “It’s not just the great style of football that Leeds created or the way Marcelo helped players push themselves 10% harder, the problem lies in his holistic approach. She was aware of the importance of the fans and what the game would be without it. Also her passion, devotion, attention to detail and humility. We are lucky to have it. “
In Leeds now, Bielsa is like an idol. A street in the city was named after her. In a street there are photographs of him spreading his arms like a Savior. It’s no wonder that Bielsa was the first to bring Leeds United back to the Premier League after so many years of waiting.
Since being relegated to first place in 2004, the West Yorkshire team has even been relegated to second place, over the years as owner and coach, before returning to where it used to be. a name. Perhaps fateful when two famous names in world football but who seem to have become veterans meet again on their journey.
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After Leeds United’s 2017/2018 season finished 13th in the Championship standings under the guidance of two coaches, the club’s leadership was determined to find a new leader for the promotion. This will be the eleventh coach in 6 and a half years for the whites.
Leeds Sporting Director Victor Orta revealed: “I was in the car with President Andrea Radrizzani,” if you had the money and you had to pick any coach, who would you pick? “My answer was Marcelo Bielsa and he told me: ‘Call him’.
During the meeting in Buenos Aires, Bielsa surprised President Radrizzani, Sporting Director Orta and Chief Executive Officer Angus Kinnear by studying Leeds and its competitors very carefully. At the meeting, he even discussed the details of the game between Bolton and Burton in the previous season. Closing the analysis, the Argentine coach detailed the template that the two teams have been using throughout the season before giving a similar analysis on other clubs.
Bielsa has surprised the Leeds board from day one.
Now, most people know how much influence Bielsa has in soccer. He is the inspiration of the best coaches in the world such as Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino or Diego Simeone. People called him the wise man, the philosopher of the soccer world, a man who contributed to innovation in modern soccer tactics.
Bielsa was stoic, determined, and firm in her thoughts. And crazy. Her nickname is El Loco, which means “Crazy Boy” for that. As manager of Newell’s Old Boys, she locked herself in a hotel room 48 hours before a game to find a way to play for the team when her army had won just three of the previous 19 games. For Bielsa, nothing is worse than failure.
He also left Lazio after just two days because he felt that management did not respond to the transfer request. He contradicted the leadership of Lille and Marseille. He even argued with the construction workers in Bilbao.
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And, of course, “crazy” nature can’t help but appear at Leeds United. In a clash between Aston Villa and Leeds United, when a Villa player was suffering, the Leeds players seized the opportunity and scored. Villa’s player rushed into a backlash because he thought the opponent was not playing fair. And Bielsa surprised everyone by asking his players to stay still so that the rival was free to direct the ball to equalize.
But perhaps the most famous story is the fact that a member of the Leeds coaching staff was found secretly watching a Derby County training session before a game between the two teams. This incident was later referred to by the British media as “Spygate”.
When the story became public, Bielsa held a two-hour press conference to apologize and turn it into a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate the level of detail in her observations. Derby County’s tactics were thoroughly discussed for everyone present. He admitted to doing this with every club in the Championship, not just the Derby because “if you don’t, you will feel guilty.”
Perhaps the club leaders could not foresee this incident despite knowing the unpredictability of Bielsa, but in the end what it brought were positive results.
Bielsa’s aggressive attacking style is like a breath of fresh air for both Leeds and Championship. In the opening match of the 2018/2019 season, the Whites defeated Stoke City – with many players last season still playing in the Premier League – 3-1. They crushed the opponent with movements, pressing and a smooth rotation across the field. After that season’s Gifting Day game, Leeds still led the way with 15 wins, 6 draws and just 3 losses.
However, shortness of breath (partly due to playability) in the aftermath caused them to lose their lead and they were forced to play a series of play-offs before losing to manager Frank Lampard’s Derby County in the semi-finals. . .
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In the 2019/2020 season, Leeds once again showed its opposite image. They led the championship standings in December, however the streak from round 22 to round 32 with just two wins dropped them second in the standings. But then Leeds woke up for the rest of the season with 12 wins, two draws and just one loss in 15 rounds. Bielsa’s teachers and students came to the throne with a distance of 10 points from their opponents and went straight to the Premier League within two rounds.
With the player’s body molded and imbued with the El Loco philosophy after two seasons and the addition of staff, in particular Valencia forward Rodrigo, Leeds United will be a curious name. before the opening of the Premier League. In the first round, they will face the ultimate challenge when they take on defending champion Liverpool.
It will be a battle of two talented military rulers with outstanding tactical ideas. And then, let’s wait for the “crazy” Bielsa to get going.
CG
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