Marcelo Bielsa
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"Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera" is an Argentine association football/football Coach (sport)/coach in charge of Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille. Bielsa has managed football clubs and also the national teams of Argentina national football team/Argentina and Chile national football team/Chile. In Chile, he achieved cult status due to the improved results of the national team under his leadership. His personality and gestures during his stance in Chile captured the attention of media and unleashed a series of minor controversies both in sports and politics.

In 1980, after retiring from playing in football, Bielsa decided to start a career as a football manager. His first assignment was coaching the youth divisions of Argentina/Argentine club Newell's Old Boys. In 1990, Bielsa was given the task of managing Newell's Old Boys/Newell's first team where he would later go on to win the 1990 Torneo Apertura and the 1990–91 Torneo Integración defeating Boca Juniors on penalties. El Loco managed the squad that competed in the final of the 1992 Copa Libertadores losing to São Paulo Futebol Clube/São Paulo on penalties. Weeks later after enduring defeat in the 1992 Copa Libertadores/Copa Libertadores final, Bielsa and Newell's Old Boys/Newell's won the 1992 Torneo Clausura.

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If we do not qualify for the quarter-finals of the cup, we will not have achieved anything with this result.

He's a player who adapts quickly to the instructions he's given and he can quickly change the way he plays on the field when he's asked.

Argentina showed flashes of playing at its best today. Only rarely have we played better.

We created good scoring opportunities and took advantage of them.

We dominated the first half, but unfortunately we failed to score despite creating several scoring chances.

Sports is very important for a large portion of our population at home. Football brings happiness to them. Therefore we are absolutely delighted for having contributed something.

I feel extremely happy.

This is just the first step on a long path. One good performance will not win anything.

This was the first game in a series of three.