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	Marcelo Bielsa: We were always superior to Brazil - - Copa America
		Marcelo Bielsa: We were always superior to Brazil - - Copa America
		Marcelo Bielsa: We were always superior to Brazil
		Manager of Argentina, Marcelo Bielsa said that his team were superior to Brazil.
	copaamericaperu.terra.com /ing/interna/0,,OI351330-EI3610,00.html (183 words)

	Bielsa resigns out of the blue
		Bielsa had weathered Argentina's shock first-round elimination at the 2002 World Cup, followed by almost two years of non-stop criticism, only to leave at a moment when his team were playing some scintillating football.
		Bielsa, who was in charge for 68 matches, winning 42, drawing 16 and losing 10, then took the under-23 team - including a number of the Copa America squad - to the Athens Olympic Games where they won the gold medal in style with Tevez scoring eight goals.
		Bielsa, who comes from a family of lawyers, is regarded as one of the most eccentric figures in international football and the fl sheep of the family.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-09/16/content_374880.htm (561 words)

	The World Cup from Reuters
		Bielsa was considered a fl sheep among Argentine coaches, both for his eccentric behaviour and for the fact he had never coached either of the big club sides River Plate or Boca Juniors.
		Bielsa was born into a middle class family of highly successful lawyers in the city of Rosario, 400 km north of Buenos Aires, but turned his back on the profession, instead preferring to try his luck in soccer.
		Bielsa quickly directed his efforts to becoming a top coach and his first big contribution to the Argentine game was to have handled some of the leading players of the last generation, not least Batistuta, in the Newell's youth scheme.
	www.about.reuters.com /wc/uk/coach/coach_argentina.htm (528 words)

	Bielsa resigns out of the blue
		Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa resigned out of the blue on Tuesday, less than one month after steering his country to their first Olympic soccer gold medal.
		Bielsa had weathered Argentina's shock first round elimination at the 2002 World Cup followed by almost two years of non-stop criticism, only to walk out at a moment when his team were playing some scintillating football.
		Bielsa's departure leaves the AFA less than one month to find a replacement before their next qualifier, at home to neighbours Uruguay on October 10.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-09/15/content_374647.htm (579 words)

	Bielsa a post-Maradona casualty: Sport: Soccer: News24
		Bielsa had the chance to revive the glory days in Japan last month with one of the country's most talented squads, only to produce Argentina's worst World Cup result in 40 years.
		Bielsa has been accused of putting too much emphasis on a gameplan that gave players little individual freedom and prompted writer Juan Sasturain in Buenos Aires to label the side "the best European team in (Latin) America...with diluted Argentine footballing roots".
		Bielsa the theorist appeared not to place much emphasis on the captaincy, trusting rather in the experience of all his players to interpret his instructions.
	www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1210560,00.html (801 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Bielsa signs new contract as Argentina coach - Wednesday August 21, 2002 06:23 AM
		Bielsa, the only candidate for the job after former under-20 coach Jose Pekerman ruled himself out of contention last month, has been on the point of signing a new contract for nearly a month.
		Bielsa becomes the third Argentina coach to stay on after a World Cup finals but the first to do so after failing to win the tournament.
		Bielsa, who often gives the appearance of a tortured intellectual when speaking and gives long, contorted answers to the simplest questions, does not come from a football background but instead hails from a family of successful lawyers.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/08/21/bielsa_argentina (936 words)

	Bielsa Offered Argentina Job
		Young coach Marcelo Bielsa, who was recently contracted by Espanyol of Barcelona (Spain), has quit the team before they played a single official match.
		Then Bielsa agreed to travel once again, to Barcelona this time, even asking for the purchases of Argentine player Martín Posse, but the sudden offer of the Argentine Football Association, Julio Grondona, was too tempting to reject.
		There is a clause in Bielsa’s contract that implies the rescision in case of being called for the National Team, so Marcelo Bielsa will return to Argentina in friendly terms with most of the Espanyol directives, though some of them wanted Bielsa to stick to the contract at any cost.
	members.tripod.com /~futbolworld/bielsa.htm (370 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Bielsa has battled hard to prove his critics wrong Marcelo Bielsa has resigned as coach of Argentina less than a month after steering the country to Olympic gold.
		Bielsa, 49, blamed the rigours of the job for his decision to stand down.
		Bielsa said he had taken the decision to quit while Argentina were in a healthy position in their World Cup qualifying group.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2004/09/16/20040916spo04.html (311 words)

	Football \| Argentina build on Bielsa's total success
		Marcelo Bielsa was not in Busan to hear the World Cup draw that pitted his Argentina team against England.
		Bielsa, though, knows that he can draw on a pool of talent that would be the envy of most coaches in the world.
		Bielsa has always been his own man. In his one brief spell in charge of a top Argentine side, in 1990, he was called loco for his insistence on playing with two teenage centre-backs, but he had the last laugh when his Velez Sarsfield side went on to win the league.
	football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4315782-110661,00.html (1258 words)

	Marcelo Bielsa has resigned as coach of Argentina.
		Bielsa’s resignation comes less than a month after steering Argentina to their first Olympic gold medal and less than two months after their Copa America final appearance.
		Bielsa was surprisingly kept on after Argentina were knocked out of the last World Cup in the first round and had been due to stay in the job until the end of the World Cup qualifiers.
		Bielsa's resignation came just as he appeared to be winning back the confidence of the Argentine public following his team's shock failure in Japan and South Korea in 2002.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=3935 (138 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Marcelo Bielsa had to "make do" with local talent and those in the Mexican league as well as players used in the FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003.
		Marcelo Bielsa, who defied the odds to keep his job after Argentina's humiliating first-round elimination from the 2002 FIFA World Cup™, will be leading the Albicelestes in search of their first Olympic gold.
		Unfortunately for Bielsa, much of the goodwill and support which he had generated before the debacle in Japan has now evaporated, and his relationship with the press and fans alike is somewhat strained.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/olympicsmen/0,3664,500-OLY-2004-ARG,00.html (533 words)

	Argentina coach Bielsa resigns: Sport: Soccer: News24
		Bielsa's decision surprised many in Argentina, where two years of criticism by fans had recently given way to new optimism following the team's triumph in Athens and a string of strong performances.
		Bielsa, in announcing his resignation, blamed fatigue as the main reason he chose to resign from one of the world's top teams.
		With no real big club experience, Bielsa was surprisingly named as coach in 1999, replacing Daniel Pasarella and leading Argentina to first place in the South American World Cup qualifying competition and leaving the team as a pre-World Cup favourites in South Korea and Japan.
	www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1589560,00.html (465 words)

	Sporting Life - World Cup Finals
		Argentina boss Marcelo Bielsa goes into the World Cup with a big reputation to live up to.
		Admittedly their ratings did place an Under-21 coach ahead of all but four national managers, but the message is clear - Bielsa is a force to be reckoned with.
		Bielsa also has a reputation as something of a tinkerer - always changing his formation to seek successful solutions to problems.
	www.sportinglife.com /football/worldcupfinals2002/team_sections/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=ladbrokes/02/02/13/manual_100343.html&TEAMHD=argentina (302 words)

	Bielsa: We went in search of victory - - Copa America
		The defeat in the final of Copa America was a bitter pill to swallow for the Argentineans, who believe they deserved better luck in the match for what they produced during the 90 minutes of play.
		Coach Marcelo Bielsa believes his men were superior in both periods and the draw happened by mere chance.
		At the helm of the Argentinean national team since 1998, Marcelo Bielsa hasn´t yet lifted a major trophy with the side, who haven´t won na official championship since 1993, when they clinched the Copa America, in Ecuador.
	copaamericaperu.terra.com /ing/interna/0,,OI350654-EI3610,00.html (184 words)

	ESPNsoccernet.com World Cup 2002: Bilardo slams spineless Argentina
		Bielsa's pre-tournament favourites were sent packing after a 1-1 draw with Sweden in Miyagi on Wednesday left them to finish third in the so-called Group of Death.
		Bilardo had a similar experience to Bielsa in Mexico in 1986 when his first choice sweeper, Daniel Passarella who had captained Argentina to their first title in 1978, was struck down by illness before the tournament.
		Bielsa, whose side were favoured to win the country's third title after a brilliant 18-match qualifying campaign, arrived in Japan with an apparent great strength in depth but doubts about his goalkeeper and central striker.
	worldcup.espnsoccernet.com /story?id=216422 (494 words)

	The World Game
		The Colombian Football Federation is waiting to hear from Marcelo Bielsa after offering the Argentinian coach the chance to coach the national team.
		Bielsa is now understood to be studying videos of Colombia's recent performances.
		Bedoya added that the Colombian government is planning to help pay the salary of Bielsa and any assistants he might appoint in an effort to see the country qualify for the World Cup after missing the last two tournaments.
	www.theworldgame.com.au /home/index.php?pid=st&cid=75721 (240 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		BUENOS AIRES, Sept 4 (Reuters) - When South America's oldest rivals meet in their long-awaited World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night, Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa is likely to be standing quietly on the touchline, staring pensively at the field.
		Bielsa and Scolari occupy two of the hottest seats in the volatile world of international soccer.
		Bielsa is a quiet, studious and shy character who stares at the floor when he speaks in public and drifts into long, rambling sentences which are difficult to decipher.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,29690,00.html (492 words)

	World Cup 2002 with Franz Beckenbauer - Naharnet
		Bielsa normally plays a three-man defence, with Ayala alongside Walter Samuel of Roma and Mauricio Pochettino of Paris St-Germain.
		Bielsa - who was a surprise choice to take over from Daniel Passarella in 1998 - managed to form an impressive side out of this talented squad for the World Cup qualifiers.
		Bielsa is known as "el loco" for his obsessive approach to the game and for his habit of staring into space at press conferences.
	web.naharnet.com /worldcup/teams.asp?id=Argentina (617 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		And Bielsa said he'll stick to his all-out offence, setting up as many as six forwards to flay Brazil.
		Argentina's relentless go-forward has impressed all observers, and was the reason it was favoured against Brazil by Uruguay midfielder Marcelo Sosa, who played and lost to both teams in the Copa.
		Bielsa said a decision on their availability would be made this weekend.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/July04/240704/bbsports04.htm (677 words)

	Argentina Articles Page 2
		Marcelo thought that Pablo should play and I am convinced that at the time we needed him more than me in my condition.
		We know that generally after a world cup there are changes but Bielsa is going to continue and that is good for football.
		The 28 year old from Jujuy was the extreme right starting for Bielsa during the 1-1 tie with Sweden in Miyagi which marked the elimination of Argentina from the World Cup.
	www.hernancrespo.net /argentina22005.htm (7960 words)

	Planet World Cup - Pierre Boisrond (Columnist) Sep 20 2003
		The Argentine coach, Marcelo Bielsa appears to stick to his old system that sent the Albiceleste packing for Buenos Aires after the disappointment in Korea-Japan.
		Bielsa will not change his style of coaching, and therefore will bring Argentina’s national team to the brink of disaster in Germany 2006.
		Marcelo Bielsa is still calling players like Claudio Lopez and Nelson Vivas while leaving out Carlos Tevez, the Boca Junior Superstar.
	www.planetworldcup.com /GUESTS/pierre20030920.html (923 words)

	What are you talking about, Bielsa? - JULY 17, 2004
		ARGENTINA coach Marcelo Bielsa admitted yesterday that he could not understand himself.
		Bielsa, once described by a local newspaper as 'a man in his own labyrinth', has often baffled Argentinians with his long-winded, pseudo-academic answers to footballing questions.
		Bielsa surprisingly kept his job but has been regularly insulted by the crowd for the team's lacklustre performances.
	newpaper.asia1.com.sg /printfriendly/0,4139,68018,00.html (410 words)

	World Cup Overview
		Coach Marcelo Bielsa's biggest challenge at times is picking a starting 11 from the vast array of talent available.
		What is most impressive about Marcelo Bielsa is his uncanny ability to blend together this incredible talent into a cohesive unit - not an easy task when dealing with some of the highest paid individual's in soccer today.
		But Bielsa showed his strength, for example, by excluding Argentina's prolific goalscorer Gabriel Batistuta from several qualifiers in favor of Hernan Crespo despite cries of bewilderment from the fans.
	www.americancasinoland.com /worldcup_overview_site/group_f.html (1292 words)

	Andy Lau Website
		The nation that has produced such stars as Alfredo di Stefano and Diego Maradona believes that this is their big chance to lift the trophy for the third time.
		Bielsa has achieved a nicely balanced blend of youth and experience, and most of his players have already had a taste of international competition at the highest level.
		Colombian national coach Francisco Maturana summed up the general feeling of the rest of the continent: "It is hell playing against Argentina." Marcelo Bielsa's side won 13 matches, drew 4 and only lost once - and that was away to Brazil.
	www.angelfire.com /al4/ckchan (440 words)

Marcelo Bielsa, the best trainer of the 2001 - All

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