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The World Cup has highlighted the ability of an older, wiser Holland manager to compromise on principles to the teams benefit. Manchester United fans (and suits) will be encouragedIn the late 1980s two young coaches on opposite sides of the world came up with similar ideas about how football should be played. Both were deeply influenced by the Dutch total footballing sides of the early 70s but both recognised the romanticism of that style had to be adapted to a world in which players were fitter than ever and pressing was widespread.
A quarter of a century on this is their World Cup, a breathtaking festival of thrust and counter-thrust, with transitions foregrounded and most teams looking to win the ball back high up the pitch. The majority of coaches at this World Cup have been influenced, directly or indirectly, by either Marcelo Bielsa or Louis van Gaal. And one of them is Louis van Gaal.
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A quarter of a century on this is their World Cup, a breathtaking festival of thrust and counter-thrust, with transitions foregrounded and most teams looking to win the ball back high up the pitch. The majority of coaches at this World Cup have been influenced, directly or indirectly, by either Marcelo Bielsa or Louis van Gaal. And one of them is Louis van Gaal.
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