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TSB Goes Latin

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Alex Sabella Goes to War

It's seven players against eleven, one goal against three. But Estudiantes have Alejandro Sabella on their team.
Artwork by Joseph Gamble
Like a Hurricane

‘Actors in an Unforgettable Saga’

Richard Finn reads French, and he has read Le football selon Marcelo Bielsa, the book of life at Leeds by Salim Lamrani.
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Influence

El Loco & Cholo

Bielsa is an inspiration to many, but not everyone is inspired the same.
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Home From Home

Who’s checking on Marcelo?

The pandemic has caused so much trauma, it’s hard not to worry about Bielsa.
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Skipping Roque Jr

From R9 to R18

Raphinha was worth waiting for.
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Talk English

Take a Gem

Maybe Bielsa should learn English, once other managers learn to speak like Bielsa.
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At Home With Marcelo

‘La Loca’ Rosario

Marcelo Bielsa looks at home in Leeds. But Rosario is his home, and Natxo’s, too.
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Cycle of Experimental Art

The Art of Bielsa-ball

Radical, confrontational, revolutionary: how the art of 1960s Rosario is reflected in the art of Marcelo Bielsa’s football.
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Freedom

Independent Attitude

What a rare interview from the 1990s tells us about Marcelo Bielsa and Pontus Jansson
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Red Blood, Black Heart

No Broken Flowers

Born in Barcelona, football traveller Natxo now works at his dream job in the marketing department at Newell’s Old Boys. Football in Rosario, he says, is mad.
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Eight Games

Bielsa’s Essence Rare

Our fans are physical, our manager is cerebral, and the Premier League isn’t ready for Leeds.
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Detective

The Madman’s Plans

Searching for a conspiracy, all we find is integrity.
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Hugs

Comrades In Arms

Like the best managers, Marcelo Bielsa isn’t scared of deploying the most powerful of coaching weapons: the hug.

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