‘He’s the best coach I’ve ever had’: Ariel Ortega declassifies stories with Marcelo Bielsa in the Argentina national team

El Burrito, former player and legend of Trans-Andean football, revealed one of the stories with El Loco during the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

The stories surrounding Marcelo Bielsa on a human and professional level are multiple. Every time his name comes to the forefront, Dozens of players who have been under the Argentine’s leadership have praised the work methodology and training process that he imposes under his leadership as a coach. .

One of the most recent statements about the behavior of the former La Roja coach came from an acquaintance of his within the Argentine national team. Ariel Ortega former legendary Albiceleste footballer, reviewed Loco’s time in the Trans-Andean team and the experience they both shared during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup .

The anecdote

In the competition which took place for the first time on the Asian continent, the light blue and white team arrived as one of the favorites for the title after winning first place in the South American qualifiers.

Despite the magnitude of the numbers available to this team (Gabriel Batistuta, Hernán Crespo, Juan Sebastián Verón and Pablo Aimar ), All eyes were on Marcelo Bielsa and his great performance as coach . The man from Rosario was the commander of the team who dreamed of embroidering the third star on the shield and who amazed the world with his performance.

However, this role would ultimately work against the methodical trainer. In a group they shared with Nigeria, England and Sweden, Argentina were eliminated in surprising fashion and suffered one of the worst World Cup embarrassments of their entire existence. . Bielsa ended up blaming himself forever .

For many transandines, this failure meant the final cross towards the current technical director of Uruguay, however, others still remember him with great affection. Burrito Ortega is one of them. The former River Plate player and member of the squad that said goodbye to the World Cup in the group stage, spoke about his relationship with the strategist and what it meant for his career. .

“Bielsa is the best coach I have had because of his form and his style of play. The loyalty he has towards the player is false, but he is always up front and does not betray anyone. It is always available to the player » he started saying on the Todo Pasa radio show.

In the conversation with the channel, Ortega declassified a hilarious anecdote he had with El Loco in the moments following the fateful elimination of the tournament played in Asia. “During the World Cup, when we were away, we would go to his room to chat and say goodbye. There I say thank you for these discussions we had and he says to us: What discussions? Yes, I never argued with you. “These are things that marked me” he said laughing.

Finally, River’s idol sent him his best wishes for his adventure with the Uruguayan team. “I’m a fan of his, I love him. He left an impression on me in my football career and I hope he always succeeds. hill.

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Source: Latercera

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