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Shocked, stunned, bewildered, stunned, dazed, stunned … The French language is probably too sparse this morning to describe the mood at Marseille after the announcement of the resignation of Marcelo Bielsa. A few minutes after the final whistle of the first meeting of the season in Ligue 1 ended with a defeat against Caen (0-1) at the Vélodrome, the Argentine coach is gone. By putting the forms, as always. The show first of all creeds continually in the field by firmly told “El Loco,” the crazy during the fourteen months of his eventful reign on the Canebière.
“I am, of course, as all supporters of OM, stunned by the sudden decision of Marcelo Bielsa “, wrote Vincent Labrune, the Marseille president on the club website.
” I tonight difficulty understanding how a simple meeting Wednesday on technical details of the contract with the lawyer of the shareholder and my CEO can be the cause of this sudden departure, so that all his wishes had been fulfilled. “
In his letter, Bielsa recalls indeed a ” unstable situation “ generated by a change in the contract that was signed and ” minimal trust “ now gone. No doubt he will have the opportunity to give more details on this topic Vincent Labrune when enact his departure. Some, like Bruno Roger-Petit and Daniel Riolo, is already seeing the work of Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, owner of the club, which would have pushed Bielsa initially.
The club management has responded to the resignation Bielsa, Sunday afternoon, in a virulent statement. The “board” Om denounces the attitude of a Coach “that puts his personal interests well above those of the institution” and refuses “to submit to the law of one man “. Between Margarita Louis-Dreyfus and Marcelo Bielsa, the cloth will thus finished burning through the media, leaving the club only victim of this war long conducted behind the scenes.
Huge was also a surprise for the players warned together with the press of the decision of the unpredictable Argentine. The captain of OM, Steve Mandanda, spoke at the micro Canal + a “big hammer blow” .
“There had a lot of disappointment, he advanced almost all of this group. The delicate side is that there are players who came to him. We, we were fine with it, with a good game background compared to other seasons … He made a decision, we must accept it. “
If the words of the guard, ” The timing is not great “, he was keen to emphasize the need now “to face to bounce” . While Marseille has already lost some of its best players in the offseason, solidarity must indeed be in order to overcome this delicate new episode.
Protected Bielsa, the Florian Thauvin striker was equally affected by the departure of his coach, even though, like his captain, he wanted to show a steely resolve. “We are all shocked, it’s a big disappointment. We have not seen Bielsa, but we had a discussion in the locker room with the president who reassured us, we will not stay on it, there is a season to do. “
Despite this beautiful facade will, nerves were obviously raw last night. According to RTL, the output stage Thauvin would have had an altercation with a fan who insulted and would have spat on him. The Marseillais would have responded by mowing before being mastered by a few people.
This morning, writes The Team , Marcelo Bielsa visited the center training of OM at 9 am to say goodbye to the players. No one knows yet what he has been able to tell them. The Argentine left behind a construction team, with an uncertain future, but that might just one day reap the fruits of labor so special “El Loco”.
In Argentina, the stage Newell’s Old Boys bears his name; Chile, he led a time, became one of the best South American Nations. In 2010, Chilean fans also sang already “Bielsa no se va” (“Bielsa, do not go away”). A song transformed in the last few months in the bays Velodrome banners, supporters love messages love this atypical character. But ultimately, Bielsa has gone in a last technical movement. The “massive blow” will leave traces.
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