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Florida Cup: The debut of the first ''Sampaolist'' coach

Rogerio Ceni will have his first match at the Sao Paulo bench against River Plate in St. Petesburg.

Six years ago, Jorge Sampaoli was presented as a coach at Universidad de Chile. Without any shame he admitted to being a "follower of the method and ideas of Marcelo Bielsa." The press of that country mocked this native of Casilda, saying he was "a Chinese copy of Bielsa."

Jorge cared very little about that and admitted that he spent three hours a day analyzing the "Loco" press conferences. Not only did he want to use each and every one of his ideas, he sought to be close to his mentor, even in the way the Rosario native faced the media after every game.