In his second time period on the bench of AEK, Ran Ben Simon needs to attain one thing he had achieved 12 years in the past.
As a result of it was about an achievement.
To win the primary championship within the historical past of the “yellow and inexperienced”, as he had completed because the coach of Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Smona.
At the moment, the Israeli technician had managed to enter a “wedge” within the conventional forces of the nation and to… break the institution, profitable the title, which remains to be the one one in its historical past.
The truth is, Ran Ben Simon had… redeemed the title together with his first problem away from house, taking up the fortunes of AEK.
Though he had began very nicely, with the Larnaca staff and with the then goalkeeper Man Haimoff, conserving a clear sheet within the first 8 matches, he didn’t handle to make the breakthrough, ending in the long run in 4th place, with a tally of 19 wins , 4 attracts and 9 losses, having collected 61 factors.
Now, at 53 and clearly extra mature and extra… cynical, however simply as smiling and optimistic, he’s six video games away from the dream and (once more) writing historical past.
He’s six video games away from repeating what appeared not possible, particularly when he was taking up the fortunes of AEK, which was in eighth place and ten factors behind first place – when he had agreed Panagiotis Yiannou had sat on the bench for one sport in a 1-0 away win over Apollon, with the Israelis within the stands at Alphamega Stadium in matchday 10, however there had been no distinction even after that 'double', the details being the identical!
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