One is a foreign coach plying his trade far from home, overcoming early scepticism and a few poor results to find himself well on his way to becoming a folk hero in his adopted country.
The other is the multi award-winning TV drama Ted Lasso and its eponymous AFC Richmond manager, a gridiron coach plucked from the middle of nowhere (well, Wichita) to take over a struggling Premier League side.
Affable Swede Tony Gustavsson has Australia’s women just two wins away from a World Cup final and, as Matildas fans begin to BELIEVE, test how well you know the wit and wisdom of Tony and Ted.
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