By Durosimi Thomas BBC Sport Online

Wydad Casablanca's victory in the African Cup Winners Cup is the third continental trophy that Oscar Fullone has won.

In 1998, he took Ivorian club Asec Abidjan to their first Champions League title and repeated the feat with Raja Casablanca, Wydad local arch-rival, a year later.

The Raja win was memorable, as his 10 men defied the odds to beat Esperance in a penalty shoot-out on at the El Menzah stadium in Tunis.

That victory made him the first coach in Africa to win back-to-back Champions League titles.

Fullone's ability to adapt his football tactics to suit the cultural peculiarities of the countries he has worked in has been the key to his success.

Permitting a team's natural juices to flow, while adding a dash of killer instinct for good measure, has worked well for the Argentine.

Fullone said the pull to Africa was so strong that he turned down a lucrative offer with Millionarios of Colombia to manage Asec in 1997.

Fans in the Ivory Coast were cynical about the skills of the 58 year-old with no intimate knowledge of the African game.

But two league titles and a Champions League crown later, he became a hero on the football-mad streets of Abidjan.

It was not long for Fullone to be baptized 'El Profesor.'

He took to coaching after an injury forced a premature end to his playing career.

But what was denied him on the playing fields has been made up for in his football romance with Africa, a continuing tale of triumph.