How does football sometimes do… In Ran Ben Simon's first appearance on the bench of AEK, in the 2012-13 season, the Larnaca team claimed their exit to Europe with claims, but in the last matchday they lost the European ticket and settled for 4th place in the standings, after being defeated in the GSP by Omonia 3-1 (Linsen). This game was played on May 19, 2013.
Eleven years later, Ran Ben Simon claims the distinction again, again within the GSP. But this time the target and the opponent are different. Against him will be APOEL and the goal is to win the championship. Are you saying this time the stadium in the capital will turn out to be a charm for the Israeli coach? We will know on the evening of May 11th. However, it should be noted that in the two games that AEK played in that period, in the first term of the 41-year-old, then, Ben Simon on their bench, against APOEL in the GSP, won both! In the regular season of the championship he won 1-2 (Seran, T. Dimitriou) on November 17, 2012, while in the playoff process he won 0-1 (Da Silva) on April 28, 2013.
He is also characteristically, Ran Ben Simon remained undefeated whenever AEK competed in the GSP against rival APOEL for the championship, since again this year, in regular time, the match between the two teams ended in a 2-2 draw (Triskowski, Sanchez). It remains to be seen whether he will be able to extend his unbeaten streak in the decisive last game of this year's championship. But in this match, a draw is not enough. He absolutely needs victory to write History and return to the country of the triumphant.
