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Marcelo Bielsa Leaves Olympique Marseille in a Blaze of Glory
We should’ve known that this is how it would end between Marcelo Bielsa and Olympique Marseille. A manager who is the antithesis of sanity combined with a club such as Marseille, with its frenzied, checkered history, had all the ingredients for a ripe disaster, and it happened in as crazy a way as anyone could’ve predicted.…
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Olympique Marseille’s Murky Future
It was almost impossible to ignore the 2014-15 iteration of Olympique Marseille for a number of reasons. Whether it was manager Marcelo Bielsa telling the press not even two months into the job that he had an opt out clause after one season in his two year contract, whether it was the attractive, vibrant football that made…
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Mailbag: Most Underrated League, Greg Dyke the Gawd, Football Hunger Games
It’s time for another edition of the EDIZD Mailbag! We have a PACKED mailbag this time around, and we got so many good questions that we couldn’t answer them all. (If your question does not appear here, it will be answered in a future mailbag. Or it may even be turned into a post. You…
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Mailbag: Spurs’ Defense, Mou’s Bus Preferences, Monaco’s Rebirth
Q: Will Tottenham ever find a back four that actually knows how to defend properly? A: Spurs have benefited a lot this season (and last and even the season before last) from Hugo Lloris’ talents. He’s has made no shortage of huge saves for Spurs this season, and averages 3.3 saves per game, the fifth most in the Premier…
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Ligue 1 Roundup: Week 11
The big matchup in Ligue 1 this week was Marseille traveling to Lyon. The away match was the toughest test of the season for Marcelo Bielsa’s men. They failed in a 1-0 loss. Yoann Gourcuff followed up his brace last week with the match’s only goal. WhoScored awarded man of the match to Lyon’s keeper,…
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