Marcelo Bielsa ended Leeds United’s 16-year exile from the Premier League. It led to them being physically, mentally, psychologically, and emotionally in a difficult place to recover from week to week, from game to game,” Marsch had said to TalkSport after taking charge. “The injury issue had a lot to do with the training methodologies.
Bielsa was asked to leave and was replaced by American Jesse Marsch who hinted that the intense training sessions might have played a part in the litany of injuries which ultimately derailed Leeds’ season. Leeds were ravaged with injuries due to the demands of the Premier League coupled with Bielsa’s intense methods with the club dangling at the edge of relegation. The gruelling nature took its toll in the next season after the high of the first season had subsided. The match is bereft of stoppage with no throw-ins, free kicks with the ball being put back in play immediately. In Murderball, the players are divided into two teams and they play a match but there’s a catch. The training method was nicknamed as such by the Leeds players due to its intense nature. He famously or infamously introduced the concept of Murderball. That season, you could not put Leeds away without a fight.Ī hard taskmaster, Bielsa’s training methods are the stuff of legends. The players were relentless, pressing high up the pitch and snapping at the opponents’ heels like pitbulls in order to get the ball back. Bielsa has been appointed on Thursday, May 11, 2023, as the new head coach of the Uruguay national soccer team. FILE – Leeds United’s head coach Marcelo Bielsa during the English Premier League soccer match between Leeds United and Liverpool at Elland Road in Leeds, England, Sunday, Sept.12, 2021.
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