The second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals ended with a contest first, UAE club Al Ain withstood the pressure away from home, although lost 1-2 to Riyadh Crescent, but with a two-legged aggregate score of 5-4, Al Ain eliminated the 242 million euro Riyadh Crescent to reach the AFC Champions League final, and the next opponent for the title will be the winner of Yokohama Mariners and Ulsan Hyundai. With Al Ain reaching the final, the team's coach Crespo's reputation is getting louder and louder!
Crespo's name is very loud in the green field, he has played for many big five teams in his playing career, and he also has a place in the Argentine national team, and after becoming a coach, Crespo's coaching is also "sesame blossoming and rising!", starting from Parma youth team in 2014, due to financial problems, and finally regretted leaving. Then went to Modena in Serie B, almost led the team to relegation, and was cut directly.
In 2018, Crespo coached Banfield Athletic in the Argentine First Division, and in 2021, he coached the Argentine League Defense and Justice in 2021.
In 2022, Crespo came to Asian football, first coaching Qatar's Al-Duhail, leading the team to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League last season, only to lose 7-0 to Crescent, and then joined Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates in November as the team's manager. Then he went one step further in this season's AFC Champions League, taking revenge on Riyadh Crescent to reach the final and aiming for the championship!
And it is worth mentioning that Crespo's Ain this season can be called the Saudi nemesis! In the group stage, they faced the Saudi team Faha, and defeated Faha 4-1 and 3-2 in two legs! defeated Riyadh led by Ronaldo in the round of 8, defeated Neymar, Malcolm, and Milinkovic in the semifinals to complete the revenge, and now they have entered the final strongly, and Ain has become the first favorite to win the championship!
There is no doubt that Crespo has proved himself, he reached the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League last season, the final of the AFC Champions League this season, and he has beaten two local tycoon teams led by Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar in a row, and he has won respect for this performance.