A student from Marcelo Bielsa, who managed Argentina to conquer a Golden medal in 2004 and brought Athletic Bilbao to second place in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League, Gerardo Martino has also been successful as a coach on his own. Alike his mentor, Martino’s attacking shaped mentality has proved to be not only correct, but … Read more
What we learned from Levante destruction Gerardo “Tata” Martino opened his La Liga account with an emphatic 7-0 win over a hapless Levante – the biggest opening match day winning margin in the club’s history. They passed, pressed, shot, scored, defended you name it, Barcelona were obviously on full throttle the past weekend. Levante loosing … Read more
On July 19th, Barcelona head coach Tito Villanova announced that he would be resigning from his post, effective immediately due to an on-going battle with cancer. His successor, Gerardo “Tata” Martino, was announced three days later and on Wednesday, in his official debut as manager lost his first game in charge as the Blaugrana succumbed … Read more