Saitama ¨C For most managers, the four-month target at a new club is stability and perhaps some favorable results against stronger opposition.
For Maciej Skorza, it was nothing less than becoming the king of Asia.
The 51-year-old didn¡¯t just write a new chapter of history for Urawa Reds by engineering the team¡¯s 1-0 win over Al Hilal at Saitama Stadium on Saturday, clinching the club¡¯s third Asian Champions League title: He also wrote one for himself, becoming the first Polish coach since Stefan Zywotko, who won the predecessor of the CAF Champions League with Algeria¡¯s JS Kabylie in 1981 and 1990, to lift a continental trophy.
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