2023-12-12 00:57:52
Marcelo Bielsa’s time at Leeds United left a historical mark, such as promotion to the Premier League, where he was the protagonist during the first season. Almost four years after his departure, one of the players he shared with the Argentine in West Yorkshire revealed unknown details and revealed the most demanding exercise that the current coach of the Uruguay national team performs during training.
Junior Firpo, right back of The Whites, spoke in the Spanish media Relevo about his relationship with the man from Rosario and revealed that Murdeball, which aims to get footballers used to playing at maximum intensities, was constantly part of of the trainings. The Spaniard, who arrived at the institution in 2021 from Barcelona, explained: “What he did was divide the times. We played maybe 3-4 minutes in a row, without stopping, without fouls, without cuts, with people around the court. The field was full of staff, about ten people spread out so that when the ball came out they would throw it to you quickly, because the ball had to be in play.”
Furthermore, the defender himself assured that he himself noticed that he has come to perform exercises with higher intensity per minute than in the game, and added: “It is maximum fatigue, you play at 200 beats per minute. There were days when we did eight, ten, eleven repetitions. It was like playing a game, but in training.”
Regarding his bond with El Loco, the former Real Betis recalled: “He was a little crazy, as his nickname says, but for the better. He was very obsessive about detail. Until you gave a good pass it wasn’t worth it. And you could repeat it 50 times. It doesn’t matter that you scored the goal in the goal, but since the ball didn’t move well with the correct rotation that he thought, it wasn’t done well.” Before closing, Firpo said that Bielsa’s farewell in February 2022, when he was fired after four consecutive defeats, was one of the hardest he has experienced with a coach, admitting that there were several players crying in the locker room and concluded: “With Bielsa, if you are not at 150% physical, it won’t work for you. If you don’t get injured, you reach a physical level that you will never have in your life. “If you endure that training load, you couldn’t be more prepared.”
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