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#2 Marcelo Bielsa - Marseille
Perhaps the most eccentric coach around, Marcelo Bielsa, or El Loco as he is known to some, has produced quite a stern kick to the backside of French football since he's been there.
Marseille, before Bielsa's appointment, were in a hapless state. PSG were walking the league and there was not much Marseille could do about it. Competitive club football had fallen into a deep slumber after watching Qatar pour money into PSG and Monaco just happened to get a Russian owner. The other teams just didn't know how to respond.
It has been the French league's culture that teams are expected to be technically proficient. Teams build from the back and prefer taking a safe approach. Risk is not rewarded, or so they believed. And then came Bielsa.
Since his takeover as the manager, Marseille have amassed 28 points from 13 games. The difference from last season? They are proactively attacking. Marseille, under Bielsa, have learned to press high up the field and attack with pace. Players who struggled to perform in the past, are suddenly making themselves known, such has been his effect on the team.
Marseille currently sit first in the table. They have scored the highest number of goals in the league and are on course to win the league, and if not win, should provide a very tough fight. That is the sort of impact Bielsa has made.
