There's no need for hot and cold balls in the bowls when the football fates are prepared to interfere in UEFA’s administrative matters.
Ange Postecoglou had no idea at the time, but all those year spent as Ferenc Puskas’s captain, interpreter and chauffeur sent him on a path that would lead him to his old gaffer’s sacred home at the Santiago Bernabeu. It’s fair to say the Celtic manager is chuffed with his side’s Champions League draw after landing the reigning champions Real Madrid.
And he’s convinced his old mentor Puskas would be as well. Postecoglou cherishes the time he spent under the Hungarian legend when he pitched up as manager at his South Melbourne Hellas in 1989. Back then the Hoops boss was a rampaging full-back, sporting a magnificent mullet and moustache. Puskas was a superstar in their midst and with more Greek than English as his disposal, thanks to his time at Panathinaikos, Postecoglou got more out of the the humble master than most.
