Yesterday saw the return to Spanish Football of Argentine coach Hector Cuper - and brilliantly he carried on doing what he does best, which is snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Making his debut against the team he took to two successive Champions league finals (Valencia), he saw his Racing Santander side go one down after 54 seconds but somehow lead Valencia 3-2 with three minutes to go and even more incredibly lose 4-3 when Soldado got two in two minutes. For the man who would still come second if there was a competition for coming second, who lost a cup final and a Cup Winners' Cup final with Mallorca, lost those two Champions League finals with Valencia, lost a Champions League place on the final day of the 2000-01 season thanks to the most ludicrously brilliant last minute goal ever (http://youtu.be/SWcvX5tYEWY) blew the Italian title on the final day, and who finished second with both Huracán and Lanús, it was all horribly familiar.
