Professional football analyst Lee Scott explains how, breaking down the tactics that have made Leeds so successful during Bielsa's time. Yet Marcelo Bielsa remains one of the great enigmas of world football - a fabulously innovative and obsessive coach, who has transformed Leeds United, Marseille and Athletic Bilbao. Bielsa has long been known as 'El Loco' - the Madman - and yet as Tim Rich's revelatory study reveals, there is mercurial method and audacious logic to the madness. He has been cited as a mentor by Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and Diego Simeone. He shows just how they occupy spaces and overload defences; how they press and cut off passing lanes to deny the opposition space to attack in the defensive phase; and more than that, he delves into Bielsa's mindset, to explain what makes the Argentine mastermind tick. 4 x 15. 6 x 1. He also lasted two days at Lazio and led Argentina to their greatest footballing disaster. What followed captivated the hearts and minds of Leeds United's legion of passionate supporters worldwide. He was formerly the northern football correspondent of the Independent and the Daily Telegraph.
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