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Issue Thirty Six

March 2020

Released in March 2020, Issue 36 contains six sections of articles including: Rob Bagchi on how Bielsa’s honesty re-energised Leeds United, Rayco González on why Simeone’s philosophy has ramifications beyond football, and Asker Hedegaard Boye on how last season’s Europa League final summed up the modern game.

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Introduction

Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Six

Bielsa

The Quest For Happiness – Federico Bassahún
Marcelo Bielsa’s management has always examined his own soul

São Paulo 1 Newell’s Old Boys 0 – Joshua Law
The Libertadores final defeat that established the pattern of Bielsa near-misses

No Airs – Rob Bagchi
How Bielsa’s honesty and hard work re-energised Leeds United

Odd Men Out – Edd Norval
Intense, controversial and pathologically honest: a comparison of Bielsa and Lars von Trier

Photo Essay

Rebirth – Barley Nimmo
After a misguided merger and financial ruin, Sassari Torres Femminile are on their way back

Darkness Falls

The Other Side Of Glory – Samindra Kunti
Flamengo’s success should not allow the disaster at their youth complex to be whitewashed

Baku And The Game Of Greed – Asker Hedegaard Boye
How last season’s Europa League final summed up modern football

My Friend, The Neo-Nazi – Colin McPherson
How an away game in East Germany brought a Scotland fan into contact with the far-right

The Super Club From Nowhere – Alex Hess
Was Anzhi Makhachkala a vanity project, a political ploy or just a very bad idea?

Bob Willis, Goalkeeper – Dominic Bliss
Reflecting on the England fast bowler’s time in goal for Corinthian-Casuals

Greats/Legends

Glorious Foundations – João Tomaz
Otto Glória, the Brazilian behind the birth of the modern Benfica

The Rhino In Glasgow – Luke Alfred
The Rangers and Sunderland forward Don Kichenbrand on leaving South Africa

The Nordahls – Gunnar Persson
The brothers who redefined Swedish football after World War II

The Final Fling – Dan Carney
A drugs scandal and the death of their president couldn’t prevent Bologna’s last Scudetto

Theory

Innovation In Conservatism – Rayco González
Why Diego Simeone’s philosophy had ramifications for beyond football

Greatest Games

Feyenoord 2 Celtic 1 – Michael Gallagher
European Cup final, San Siro, Milan, 6 May 1970

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