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Moshe Harush

For years a group of fans at Maccabi Haifa soccer games have waved pictures of Reuven Atar the player, whose image cast a giant shadow over all the team's coaches over the past decade. These fans waited for the day when the king, who played for Maccabi Haifa from 1986 to 1994 and 2000 to 2002, would come home and take over the reins. Yaakov Shahar, the team owner, could not hold off any longer and gave in to...