“If Bielsa is so good, why doesn’t he direct Real Madrid?”: The notable and accurate Argentine column | Soccer

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With the historic rise of Leeds a la Premier League, Marcelo Bielsa He has once again become the coach of the moment.

In Argentina they wanted to join this trend and explained why, if the ‘madman’ is so good, he has not yet directed the Real Madrid.

Through a column, titled “And if Bielsa is so good, why doesn’t he direct Real Madrid?” The newspaper La Nación gave features of Bielsa’s philosophy of play and life, which it transmits to its managers.

These ideas would be incompatible with large clubs like the Real Madrid or Barcelona, because the Argentine needs to have everything under control.

“When many critics ask why the coach from Rosario – who turns 65 on Tuesday – avoids leading teams whose history and wallet sets them apart from the rest, alluding to an alleged lack of courage, they do not know the personality of a man who in every one of his sporting challenges becomes a builder ”, detailed the writing.

“Bielsa needs to have everything under control. Their projects are comprehensive and their teams, ‘From author’. He gives everything and in exchange demands the same. Without middle terms, without nuances. Directional meddling, the ego of big stars or the feeling of conformity attempt against conviction. To win you have to want and to want you have to convince ”, adds the columnist Román Iucht.

For this reason, Ioutch emphasizes Bielsa’s need to have less experienced players: “Most of them young or without great achievements, a coaching staff with a voracity for learning, leaders who are respectful of roles and hobbies with identity and high sense of belonging. The places where the technician has worked always respect the same pattern. It is in that habitat where any process that excites him will be born, ”he added.

In addition, he emphasized that the fanaticism for the rosarino little and nothing contributes to the debate, since the focus is on his shell and the evaluation of the press.

“Like any current that awakens so many adhesions, fanaticism does little to debate ideas. Those who caricature Bielsa exalting common facts only achieve rejection. Whether you buy your groceries at the market or drink coffee in a bar doesn’t make it news. That he greets the fans or takes photos with them, he does not humanize him, “he said.

Of course, the journalist also stresses that you cannot judge ‘Loco’ just for a bad campaign: “There will be no debate if the only element of analysis is to put the 2002 World Cup on the table. Not even Bielsa himself can explain it by removing to the word failure to evaluate it from a sporting point of view. However, it makes no sense, except for fools, to stay anchored only in that place. Defeats have no expiration date, but to evolve is to get out of that infinite sadness. Defeats and second places can be added at every place where you headed. This reductionism is easier than observing where those clubs were before their appearance and how much they empowered their players in their work time, “he added.

The columnist clarified that Bielsa prefers “to demonstrate rather than promise”, as it is a healthy response to the trend that only the team that wins is rewarded and is filled with trophies and titles.

“Bielsa prefers to demonstrate rather than promise. It will seek to socialize knowledge from its generosity and its security. He will want to win like everyone else and will be mortified at every setback, but it is a healthy response and a slap in the face to the tortuous message that only rewards those who win that those who collect titles and fill their showcases unanimously praise a “serial loser”, he declared.

“As human as everyone, with mistakes and virtues, Bielsa embodies an aspirational phenomenon. He only directs football teams but at the same time he is capable with his acts, repeated over time, of doing and saying what many of us would like, knowing that we are incapable of accomplishing it. His lack of versatility and his predictability in his game approaches admit any discussion, finally it is soccer. Their consistency and respect for ethics are not up for debate. Those values ​​are what cause fans of Leeds now – and so many others before – to love him “much more than he will ever know,” he closed.

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