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Genius Bielsa has had to pay a heavy price

THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION HAS NO END

EL LOCO? Not Marcelo Bielsa. After the remarkable events of this week, a more apt nickname would be La Perfeccionista.
The wasted time. The excessive analysis. The nagging suspicion that he hasn’t worked hard enough. Classic perfectionism.
Bielsa’s impromptu press conference in the wake of spygate was revelatory in countless ways, but nothing proved more illuminating than the fact his legendary meticulousness may actually be a symptom of a complex - and often damaging - personality trait.
Definitions vary but, broadly speaking, perfecti...

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