Passed by theOlympique de Marseille Ten years ago, Marcelo Bielsa was not unanimous in the landscape of French football. Frédéric Antonetti's last media outing is the perfect illustration.
An experienced technician of hexagonal football, Antonetti never crossed Bielsa directly when he was at the head of his various clubs. This does not prevent him from having a very clear opinion about the Argentinian technician.
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Marcelo Bielsa, a characteristic technician.
“”He is a somewhat special character. I would have loved playing against him because it is a facility…, Tonnée Antonetti in the columns of So Foot. Frankly, tactically, it was very weak. Best coach in the world according to Guardiola … But hey, I haven't seen that. Remember, when he leaves Marseille, he lost 1-0 against Caen. He was eaten. It was very unbalanced, huge spaces … I think he is a good, sincere, honest man, but when we see his teams playing, it's not the high level».
Antonetti destroys Bielsa!
Frédéric Antonetti believes that Marcelo Bielsa has built his legend on considerations that exceeds the green rectangle. “”
Sell in the media? We, in France, do not know how to do this. (…) I never treated my image. My weight did not help me, for example. With 15 kilos less, I think I send another image. I thought it had to be good on the field and that it was enough. I have always been natural, so I said what I thought ».
“”So much the better for him, it's good to have a personal culture, but hey, what is it for football, philosophy studies? For the media, it throws it. Me, my philosophy is the animation of 4-4-2, the animation of 5-3-2, choose the players…». An exit likely to hit the fans of the former OM coach …