If Thierry Henry is now far from French and European football in distance, he does not keep a wise eye.
Football fan and “consumer” of many matches for years, the current Impact Montreal coach spoke to
So Foot
this Friday.
He returned in particular to his conception of the profession, his expectations as a coach, while revealing the teams that he likes and whose matches he is watching at the moment from the Old Continent.
With some surprises.
“Today, I like to see Leeds play, it's extraordinary, he planted on the formation of Marcelo Bielsa, 12th in the Premier League with in particular the 5th best attack.
I also always continue to watch Ligue 1, whether it's Brest, Lens ... I'm no one so I'm going to peck in everything I can peck ”.
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“Look what Marcelo Bielsa is doing in the Premier League: he can win 4-0 or lose 4-0.
But in the end, everyone is watching Leeds ”
In this river interview, the legend of Arsenal - who began his career as a technician in 2015 with the young Gunners, then in the role of assistant to Belgium and finally to Monaco for a brief stint during the 2018 season - 2019 on the Rock - talked about his job and why he loved watching Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds.
“Yes, I like to take risks, to build short, and yes, sometimes it can look silly when you lose the ball, he declared to our colleagues.
Afterwards, I also saw teams come out any way and take goals.
The important thing is to keep your philosophy.
You can change your system, make it evolve, but the important thing is to be in agreement with its ideals.
Look what Marcelo Bielsa is doing in the Premier League: he can win 4-0 or lose 4-0.
But in the end, everyone is watching Leeds.
This is also what I like but be careful, you will never see me denigrate the approach of a coach, even more since I went to the other side.
We have to let time take its course. "
A wise look at his former players in Monaco
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If he also follows the matches of Brest and Lens, 11th and 9th before the 20th day of Ligue 1 which begins this Friday evening, Thierry Henry returned to the emergence of certain crossed elements on the side of Monaco during his short experience on the rock.
"Sofiane Diop, Benoît Badiashile, Romain Faivre ... The success of these players does not mean that I was right or wrong," he explains.
These are things that I helped to ripen as best I could and I'm happy for that, because you tell yourself that you saw something that was not wrong.
Romain Faivre (now in Brest), he has something that few players have: he breaks lines.
Again, I do not claim to have been right or wrong.
The debate is not there and I thank Monaco again for giving me this opportunity.
Yes, I like to take risks, build short, and yes, sometimes it can look silly when you lose the ball.
Afterwards, I also saw teams come out any way and take goals.
The important thing is to keep your philosophy. ”
From Thierry Henry in the text.
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