UEFA Champions League (Part 2)

The Cruyff Turn
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Who is the head coach there? Surely one to watch for the future.

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Same as they have had since 2017 and lots of clubs follow and watch him. Kjetil Knutsen.

Probably one of the best managers in the world and certainly the one who have had the most impressive success when it comes to continuity in the entire world. I mean, he is mentioned as a successor to Guardiolo etc. (not that City would hire him).

Honestly he should be a far bigger name than most managers in the Prem, so I don’t understand that people have not yet heard of him after all of these years with steady progress and success. He is a bigger name than Slot was before he came to England.

(Personally I actually think moving to Celtic would be major step down in terms of sport and doubt a club like Celtic has anything other than more money to offer him).

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Ah, he’s from 1968, so basically Klopp’s generation. A late bloomer… :wink:

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He didn’t start out as a manager, but as a elementary school teacher. He worked as a teacher for 15 years, just coaching teams as a hobby (no one lives off footie in lower leagues in Norway).

So sure, he is very experienced as a coach, but at a non-professional level while he was a teacher:

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Lise Klavenes, the Norwegian head of NFF, had him as a teacher when she was at secondary elementary school.
Article from last year (google translated)

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Gala vs, Juve
Brugge vs. Atletico

Interestingly, it’s Benfica vs. RM again. Come on Jose, you can do it!

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I posted by mistake in the wrong thread:

Monaco v Paris SG
Galatasaray v Juventus
Benfica v Real Madrid
B. Dortmund v Atalanta
Qarabağ v Newcastle
Club Brugge v Atleti
Bodø/Glimt v Inter
Olympiacos v Leverkusen

there will be a draw late February to see which winners of the highlighted ties we play.

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Guess we get to measure Qarabag against someone else.

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Well, they did draw with Chelsea.

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Qarabağ get to judge their next opponents against us tomorrow.

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Literally Real Madrid saying, “best of 3?”

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Benfica v Real Madrid should be a bit tasty. Well worth a watch.

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