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Lee aims to trip up the master

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The LeaguePaper Team
4 August 2019

By Patrick Boyland

Happy to learn: Lee Johnson

TWICE bitten last season, Lee Johnson hopes it will be a case of third time lucky as he resumes his battle of wits with Marcelo Bielsa on the opening weekend of the Championship campaign.
Beaten home and away by an aggregate score of 3-0 in their two previous head-to-heads, Sunday’s curtain-raiser at Ashton Gate serves as a blank slate for Robins boss Johnson.
Besting Bielsa is an unenviable task for any young coach, but it’s one that the 38-year-old is relishing.
And as he continues his apprenticeship as a top-level coach, Johns...

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