New Vegalta Sendai manager Graham Arnold admits to being overwhelmed by the job so far, but the Australian is quietly confident of finding his feet over the coming J. League season.
Former Australia boss Arnold was the surprise choice to replace Makoto Teguramori after Vegalta's long-serving manager left to take over Japan's Olympic team at the end of last season, with Arnold needing little persuasion to quit A-League side Central Coast Mariners for a new challenge overseas.
But although a two-year stint as a player with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the late 1990s may have lessened Arnold's culture shock upon his arrival in Sendai, getting to grips with management in a foreign country is taking a little longer.
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