Marcelo Bielsa and the Uruguayan Football Association chose Donostia for their concentration before the match against Euskal Selekzioa today, but the Argentine coach (Rosario, 1955), when he had to opt for a bench, chose Athletic’s and not Real’s back in the day. 2011. Thus, the coach they call ‘crazy’ returns with Uruguay to what was his home for two seasons, San Mamés. His ties with Bilbao and Athletic remain very close, as he himself expressed in the press conference he offered yesterday in Donostia.
“Those who have been through Athletic know that that club is imprinted on the skin and the feelings of the people who had the opportunity to belong there. Athletic fills me with memories and nostalgia. “I always reflected that I should have done something more to have stayed longer,” the coach said.
The most curious thing is that, in the end, Bielsa y Montanier They spent the same seasons, 2011/12 and 2012/13, on the benches of Athletic and Real, and the balance of results of the Frenchman at the head of the Txuri Urdin squad (39% victories) was somewhat higher than that of the Rosario in the red and white team, although they qualified for two finals, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup in 2012.
“Too many sad Mondays.” It is the phrase with which Bielsa ended up rejecting the last offer from Jokin Aperribay in that summer of 2011, just a few hours before going for Philippe Montanier.
Unsuccessful negotiations
Hiring the Argentine, free after his work in the Chilean national team, became a kind of obsession for the royalist president. But the negotiations with Bielsa, very ambitious in his requests to the Council, were not productive. He had already proposed making six signings and maintained that some of the best youth players, like Carlos Martínez, were not worth it. And yet, he rejected Real because he sensed that he would not be able to guide her to success. Two years later, Montanier He took it to the Champions League.
After his appearance yesterday in Donostia, Bielsa He chatted with a reference and teacher of many Basque coaches, Mikel Etxarriwho took the opportunity to give him his book: ‘100 phrases at the bottom’.
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