Managers tumble like ninepins

19th March 2010

Following a disappointing goalless draw with Jagiellonia Bialystok last Friday, Wisla Krakow took the step everyone had been expecting and dismissed their manager, Maciej Skorza; what no one expected, though, was that his replacement would be Wisla’s old coach, Henryk Kasperczak.

Kasperczak’s relationship with Wisla goes back to 2002, when he began a three year stint as manager, taking the team to the league title and to the last sixteen of the UEFA cup. On taking over the reins this week, Kasperczak commented, “This is a club made for big challenges. The club’s president, Ciupala, dreams of the Champions League, and I want to make that dream come true.” 

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