Tim Vickery
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Just walked in, brought in Vidal and Sanchez and so on, and away you go.
And there are a core of players there that you can imagine playing the Bielsa way, you know, especially Valverde, but also AraΓΊjo, the defender, Darwin NΓΊΓ±ez, he's got some wingers.
And they started off brilliantly.
Really, they were really, really good for a while.
They were a formed team for a while.
And then two years ago came the Copa America in the States where they had to spend a full month with him.
And during the course of that month, it seems that
they decided they really didn't like him at all.
And shortly after that, Luis Suarez retired from international football and he made a point of leaving the scene just spitting blood at Bielsa.
saying that he just creates a dreadful atmosphere in a dressing room.
You meet him in the corridor.
He doesn't even acknowledge your presence.
No one from inside that dressing room came out and said Suarez is wrong.
No one.
And the results since then have been very, very poor.
Now, you know what a Bielsa side is.
But subsequently, it's not only the case that Suarez
They're not scoring goals.
They're not creating chances.
And I don't know if you saw, for example, the game in March against England at Wembley.