Running to survive

At a coffee table, a great coach complained because one of his players was not running and another great coach replied: "He'll be thinking."

That conversation would not take place today.

You come to the field thought because running is the first imperative.

Anyone who is not capable of many long efforts at high speed will have trouble living off football.

Marcelo Bielsa's teams have been putting pressure on all sectors of the field for more than 20 years, without pause and regardless of the result;

a constant coming and going that I considered wrong, for excessive.

But time chose to win ...

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