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Chile has fallen hard for Marcelo Bielsa, the Argentine-born coach who on Saturday led the country in qualifying for its first World Cup is 12 years. President Michele Bachelet has praised Bielsa as “an example and role model for young people”, while model Pilar Jarpa has even called him a “sex symbol.” A recent poll in El Mercurio newspaper ranked him as Chile’s best trainer ever.