Lampard vs Bielsa: Start of a new rivalry

This weekend, Frank Lampard and Marcelo Bielsa will go reluctantly to the new protagonists in a vicious rivalry between Chelsea and Leeds United that he has endured for almost 70 years. The two parties have not met at the Premier League since 2004, when Leeds were relegated to the best flight in English, just as Chelsea was putting the foundations for his first title triumph since 1955.

However, Saturday meeting at Stamford Bridge will certainly not want for a convincing narrative. Players may not be particularly family among themselves, but Lampard and Bielsa are certainly. In fact, one could argue that no one is more familiar with the work of English than the Argentine. It arose that the man in question was an employee of Leeds and Bielsa subsequently admitted that he had sent a member of his coaching staff to observe Lampard’s preparations for a game between his two sides.

The EFL arrived with Leeds with a fine of £ 200,000, which Bielsa was paid, after ruling that it had not been complied with Article 3.4, which is related to the treatment of other clubs and the League itself “with maximum good faith”, and even It reaffirmed its rules in such matters. It was irritated by the fact that he did not receive any apology for Bielsa, who was explained during a 66 minute presentation to the media that “espionage” was just a small part of his meticulous preparations for each game, which alone He added his legend.

In fact, he began the joke that Bielsa knew more about Derby’s tactics than Lambard himself. Without being surprisingly, Leeds fans also saw the fun side, and they added a song from ‘Stop Llly, Frank Lampard’ to its set of matches. However, I would have the last laugh. While Leeds won three of his four meetings with Derby during the 2018-19 season, the rams called the Yorkshire outfit of the end-of-season plays.