Ange Postecoglou made it huge in Japan - and his former apprentice has picked up the place the Celtic supervisor left off with a well-known J-League win.
Yokohama F. Marinos hadn't received the J League for 15 years till Postecoglou ended their trophy drought in 2019. The now Celtic supervisor's profitable mentality is deeply rooted on the membership as they scooped one other league title within the early hours of this morning. Australian boss Kevin Muscat was on the wheel and he is already reportedly being lined up as a future supervisor of the Australian nationwide group after his heroics.
With the title race happening to the ultimate day, Yokohama's destiny was in their very own arms as they beat Vissel Kobe 3-1. A noteworthy participant for the opposition was Yuki Kobayashi - who experiences in Japan say is a switch goal for the Parkhead facet. The centre-back began and was subbed off earlier than Postecoglou's former facet scored their second and third targets on their solution to an historic victory.
Muscat took over from Postecoglou at Yokohama final 12 months knew precisely what kind of group he was inheriting. The 49-year-old honed his commerce by working as a coach underneath Postecoglou at Melbourne Victory earlier than taking on from the Hoops boss on the Australian facet too. That is Muscat's fifth trophy as a solo boss - a welcome profession enhance following an ill-fated stint at Belgian facet Sint-Truiden, the place he was sacked after simply six months.
And Muscat, who had a quick spell at Rangers underneath Alex McLeish, has been vocal concerning the affect Postecoglou has had on his profession. He mentioned: "Spending that 15-16 months with Ange was essential in my profession. I had all these concepts, individuals speak about imaginative and prescient, philosophy and these buzzwords, however that you must have a recreation type of the way in which you wish to play. On the time, I felt that was actually vital.
"I contemplate Ange a pal and a mentor. A mentor is somebody you may unconditionally belief for council. We talk about issues. Typically there might be messages once I get up in the midst of the night time. He's all the time watching the video games, all the time watching our video games and likewise."
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