- Marcelo Bielsa, OM coach between June 2014 and August 2015, deeply marked the memory of OM supporters, despite a season without a title or major result.
- Five years later, many Marseille fans are enthusiastic about the performances of his new team, Leeds, which plays the rise in the Premier League.
“The bielsists are a loyal and loyal people. And Mourad Aerts is their high priest. This Tuesday it publishes OM - Bielsa, an investigation into a passionate relationship (Amphora editions), a dive into the crazy season that Marcelo Bielsa spent on the bench - or rather on the cooler - of OM. "I had this project in mind for a long time and I worked on the book in early 2019, when it was horrible for an enthusiast to follow Rudi Garcia's OM, a passionless OM", explains the journalist of the Football site Marseille Club. He believes that even five years later, Bielsa remains a compass for Marseille supporters:
It is a benchmark against which you must judge all OM coaches. In contrast, there is Deschamps. With Bielsa, you had a blast, but was it worth it? With Deschamps, we were bored to win titles. "
Crossed at the exit of the Velodrome, after a lackluster OM-TFC (1-0), Abdel and Quentin keep "mixed" memories of the 2014-15 season: "From the point of view of the results, we don't regret Bielsa", note the first. "But with Villas-Boas, the atmosphere is not always crazy in the South bend, whereas with Bielsa, as we only played the attack, the Vélodrome was on fire", nuances the second. And with one voice: "Anyway, Bielsa will always be in our hearts!" "
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- VieilleGardeCU84 (@ VGCU84) August 22, 2015"He divides a lot, but I will always remember the positive because the emotions were exceptional," says Najet Rami. He left a trace for OM, and when I see the number of Marseille supporters who are interested in Leeds at the moment ... It shows how unique this coach is. "
The meetings of the current second in Championship (D2 English) are stunning. On January 28, for example, the Marseille twittosphere ignited after a "comeback" from Leeds against Millwall (3-2). An epiphenomenon specific to social networks? Who will dry up if Leeds continues to row (four losses in the last five games)? Not sure: "The club is currently in poor shape, but if it wins against Brentford [this Tuesday], Bielsa could well bring the club back to the Premier League", enthuses Romain ... supporter of OM.
"A bit like a family member"
For Mourad Aerts, “the Marseillais are looking at Leeds hoping that Bielsa will finally be rewarded with results. We would be happy to see it succeed elsewhere. We follow him a bit as if he were a member of the family! Before recovering: "Maybe not a member of the family ... But in any case we follow him with affection. "
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