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The UEFA Champions League, Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League make up the European leagues. Winning these titles is key for any coach in Europe. Here are the top 10 coaches with the most European titles in football history.
1. Jose Mourinho - Portuguese coach has won every European title. He has won 5 European Cups in his career. He has won the UEFA Champions League and Europa League with FC Porto, the UEFA Champions League with Inter Milan, the Europa League with Manchester United and the UEFA Europa Conference League with Roma. He lost to Sevilla in the 2022/2023 Europa League final after the match ended 4-1 in a penalty shootout.
2. Carlo Anceloti - Italian coach who won 4 UEFA Champions League titles during his career with Real Madrid and AC Milan.
3. Unai Emery - Spanish football coach who has won 4 European titles in his career. He won 3 Europa League titles with Sevilla and 1 Europa League title with Villarreal.
4. Giovanni Trapattoni - Italian coach won 3 Europa League titles and 1 UEFA Champions League trophy during his coaching tenure.
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Man Utd is one of the best-supported clubs in Norway, but it's a country that prides itself on its sporting stars and Erling Haaland is an outstanding face on Manchester City's big stage. .
Erling Haaland has punished United this season
“We are a small county but we are very proud of our sporting heroes,” said Jan Age Fjortoft, one of Norway's first players to export to English football and now its face. for the English Premier League at home for Viaplay.
This pride has increased this season with the exploits of Erling Haaland at Manchester City. A Premier League record number of goals, more than 50 in all competitions and the chance to be part of a historic treble in the next two weeks. Haaland's staggering numbers have been at the heart of this Premier League season. Norway has a longstanding love affair with English football, thanks to the early televising of the match, and every weekend, thousands of fans flock to airports around the country and fly to Manchester. , Liverpool and London to watch their teams play.
This season, more and more of them are coming to Etihad to watch their most famous son play. As Fjortoft joked, Haaland (and Arsenal's Martin Odegaard) will be appointed Norway's ambassador to England.
But while interest in City is growing thanks to Haaland, it's not commensurate with the support from United, who, along with Liverpool, have a huge fan base in Norway.
So if this weekend's FA Cup final splits Greater Manchester here, Norway, it splits an entire country. There will be no neutrals watching the action at Wembley.
Alf Ingve Bernsten, one of Haaland's first coaches at his hometown club, said: "I think there will be a lot of people watching the game and I think only United fans will support United. , others will support Man City because of Erling." Bryne FK.
If the Norwegians are proud of Haaland's achievement this season, what about United supporters in the country? How do they feel about all of this considering its impact on the success of their competitors. Do you still admire? Fjortoft, who played in England from 1993-98, said: "I think to get that with them you're going to need Scotland Yard to say it in public.
"But I'm very naive, I can always watch my teams but I'm proud that the Norwegians are doing well. My dad has been a United fan since the 1958 Munich disaster and the George era. Best so even 52 goals couldn't turn it from red to blue."
“I think every United fan will put United first,” said Eivind Holth, a Norwegian journalist from the Scandinavian United Supporters Club.
"It's fantastic and you're impressive and so on, but it's a tough time because you don't really want him to be successful, especially not for City.
“Norway is still a small country and like Solskjaer, the whole nation is clearly watching Haaland. We did that when he was at Dortmund, we are always very, very proud of the Norwegian athletes as they make their mark around the world. For Haaland it was obviously great, but for United fans it was difficult."
United came close to signing Haaland when he left Red Bull Salzburg to join Borussia Dortmund in 2020, with compatriot and then United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer meeting the player.
When he left the Bundesliga last summer, United were at the bottom and never had a chance to sign a player who was then one of the most sought-after.
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