Last update 27 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
Hector Cuper, It is undoubtedly a coach with a certain reputation for the time to dispute a final. El argentino se ha ganado un prestigio como entrenador a lo largo de una larga carrera en la que ha dirigido equipos de todos los perfiles y en todos ellos se puede decir que ha alcanzado casi el éxito. Almost because the Argentine is always chased by a very large mole. He is a specialist in reaching finals….and lose them. Specifically all those that have disputed.
Héctor Cúper y el gafe cuando llega a una final
Cúper took Mallorca and made it big, that can not be discussed. Under his command, the Balearic team lived afternoons and nights of glory. In fact in 1998, consiguió llevarlos a la final de la Copa de Rey que posteriormente iba a perder contra el Barcelona en Valencia. However, esta final le dio acceso a jugar la vieja Recopa of the season 1998/99. La última por cierto de la historia.
A Recopa, to which Mallorca from the hand of Cúper, would reach his second final in a row that again he was going to lose this time against Lazio. Two fingers. Despite losing two finals, his time in a team that was not a leader like the Majorcan team, his work had been impeccable and this opened the doors of Valencia in 1999.
Las 2 finales de Champions seguidas perdidas con el Valencia
Precisamente con el conjunto valencianista iba a llegar a su tercera final seguida, esta vez de una Champions League y que también iba a perder en mayo del 2000 en París against Real Madrid. Three out of three. But the thing did not end there. In the following season, achieved something historic and returned to put Valencia in another Champions League final, are cuarta seguida en global. A final, to from 2001, que también iba a perder esta vez de forma cruel en los penaltis ante el Bayern de Munich in Milan. Four out of four.
El gafe de Cúper, perder 6 straight finals
Cúper, came back to the last match of a date, to the final de la Copa de Grecia de 2010 directing the Aris and of course, he lost it again this time against Panathinaikos.
Five out of five. Besides, to make matters worse, lost a title in Argentina in the last game and in Italy leading Inter Milan after leading and losing on the penultimate matchday. To finish the job, managed to lead Egypt to a grand final, la de la Africa Cup 2017 to lose it in the last minutes thus adding six out of six, full of lost endings. Undoubtedly a coach marked by a jinx that prevented his shadow from being much more elongated.