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@EnasMavrosGatos Έτσι ακριβώς είναι. Αυτή τη στιγμή Τζόλης Παυλίδης οι κορυφαίοι. Καρέτσας έχει το μεγαλύτερο ταβάνι θεωρώ.

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[mansacha @mansacha1]

Gracias por motivarnos. Si España levanta el Mundial, será pese a todas las dudas, el ruido y las acusaciones. Hablad lo que queráis; nosotros hablaremos en el campo. La historia la escriben los que ganan jugando, no los que intentan ensuciar cada victoria. El domingo, que hable el fútbol.

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[𝓒𝔂𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓮☘️ @nico_cyclone]

@DiplomatiqueAlp Paok fans are a majority in the city of Thessaloniki and northern greece in general. In Athens it's rather unusual to find one.

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@JynxziRoyale υπερπαίκτες και οι δύο αλλά ο κόσμος που εκτιμά υψηλή ποδοσφαιρική ευφυΐα προτιμά Μέσσι

[David @undervalu]

Jacob Neestrup (@paofc_ )

He finished second in a Champions League group, ahead of Manchester United. Then, two seasons later, he was fired after his club missed the title round for the first time in years.

Jacob Neestrup's story shows both sides of coaching a big club: the brilliant highs, and the fast, brutal fall. And it shows how little that fall really tells us about a young coach.

The homegrown man

Neestrup is FC Copenhagen through and through. He was a midfielder from their academy. His playing career was ruined by a freak ankle injury, just two minutes into his first senior game. So he turned straight to coaching in 2011, leading the under-17s to an unbeaten Danish title. After a head-coach stint elsewhere and a return as assistant, he got the top job in 2022.

His sporting director made the reason clear. He was not hired because he was a club man. He said: "Had he been at another club, he would also have been our top candidate." He earned it on merit.

The leadership, with real examples

His best leadership trait is uniting people. He was praised for getting "players and staff moving in the same direction." A coach who pulls everyone together is rare.
And his record proves the players bought in. Still in his 30s, he won two Danish league titles and two cups.

The headline was Europe: in 2023-24, his team finished second in a Champions League group with Bayern, Manchester United, and Galatasaray, then reached the last 16. He won all nine European qualifying ties he ever faced.

He even built detailed plans to shut down Barcelona and their young star Lamine Yamal. That is a leader who prepares deeply and gets his team to believe.

The collapse

The 2025-26 season fell apart. Copenhagen missed the title round for the first time in the modern era. After two early losses, Neestrup was fired in March 2026. A sharp, sudden fall after years of success.

But the market answered fast. Weeks later, Panathinaikos hired him, replacing Rafa Benítez, to lead them into Europe.

Through the hiring lens

Develop players: an academy coach to his core, with an unbeaten youth title and a clear eye for growth.

Attractive football: aggressive, possession-based, and detailed. The big European nights proved it works against the best.

Connect and unite: praised for getting players and staff pulling together.
European know-how: nine wins from nine qualifiers and a last-16 run. Rare for a young coach.

The honest note: the collapse and sacking are real. One bad season ended a great run fast. Panathinaikos is a pressured, political Greek giant — a different test. His job is to prove the peak, not the fall, is the real him.

The takeaway

Jacob Neestrup is one of the bright young coaches in Europe — a homegrown academy man who won titles and stunned Manchester United in the Champions League before his mid-30s.

The collapse is a real scar. But coaches who shine in Europe, develop talent, and play brave football do not stay defined by one bad season. Panathinaikos clearly agreed.
The peak was special. Watch whether he finds it again in Athens.

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@Iasonas1990 @salonika___ ο πρόεδρος της επο αθηνεζος είναι ;

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@Capodeicapi1908 @liagusic82 την τουνη έπρεπε να κλείσουμε

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@AhaleahaleG @clashreport Yes but you are the ones threatening all the time

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@philip_philip_P Μόλις έγινε λίγο χειρότερο το καλοκαίρι μας.

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@philip_philip_P Το στόπερ έρχεται;

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@AnikiTheo @metanaii_emi @paofc_ φίλε άσε το ποδόσφαιρο και δες κανα νετφλιξ καλύτερα μη χάνεις το χρόνο σου

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@Incurable_1908 και στα καλοκαιρινά προκριματικά εξαιρετικός κάθε χρόνο

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@georgechristop2 Πίστεψέ με, κανένας δεν το αντέχει αυτό

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@georgechristop2 Φίλε μου εγώ ούτε γράφω ούτε επηρεάζω κανέναν. Εσύ που γράφεις και επηρεάζεις να σκέφτεσαι λίγο περισσότερο