Al-Shabani returns to Esperance, the goal being to break the jinx of a second experience

Moin Al-Shabani started coaching Tunisian Esperance, in the second experience for the young coach, after he led him on the first occasion, starting at the end of 2018 and leading the team until the end of the 2020-2021 season. To crown the CAF Champions League title twice, in addition to winning the Tunisian League on several occasions.

Al-Shabani joined the list of lucky coaches to coach Esperance on more than one occasion, but they failed to win the challenge during the second outing as they failed to win the CAF Champions League and for this reason, Al-Shabani needs to complete the knot of this competition to make a successful return.

Maaloul and Bizerte are among the most important names

Nabil Malool and Fouzi Benzarti enjoyed many chances as Esperance coaches, where the first experience was great, especially for Nabil Malool who led the team to win the Champions League in 2011, Esperance had been waiting for this title since 1994, but Malool returned to lead Esperance in mid-2012, they reached the Champions League final. Failed and left Esperance, before returning at the end of last season, winning the local league again and failing in the Champions League, leaving the team.

As for Fawzi Benzrati, he coached Esperance more than once and his experience was best in 1994, when they were crowned champions league, but he later lost the job in 2010 when they lost the final against Congolese Mazembe. 2017, but failure in the Champions League led to his exit.

Khaled bin Yahya, a Tunisian, coached Esperance several times but never won the Champions League, although he shone in the Tunisian league and reaped crowns each time, as did his compatriot Youssef Al-Jawawi and Swiss Michel de Castille in 1994, Benzarti in 2011, and Maloul in 2011. And with Esperance winning four under Chabani in 2018 and 2019, not all of them were crowned in the Champions League.

Password in the Champions League

Al-Shabani faces a number of challenges with Esperance, starting with improving the team’s standings in the knockout stages, which he fears will miss out on qualifying for next season’s Champions League after falling to fourth place, and he will also try. To win the Tunisian Cup, he will play in Sunday’s final against Olympique Beji, the team that will compete in the Arab Championship next summer.

And the most important thing is the next edition of the Champions League, which has become the password for the continuity of Esperance coaches, as Egypt’s Al-Ahly was instrumental in sacking many coaches such as Nabil Maloul, who left. Fawzi Al-Bansardi, who failed to beat Al-Ahli or Moeen in 2017, after losing twice against Al-Ahli. Well done.