Jose Mourinho...Not the Special One for Nothing

[anointed]

craze man

Tottenham sent a member of their staff to Turkey on Sunday evening to observe the young prodigy Yusuf Akçiçek during the Fenerbahçe-Antalyaspor game ahead of the summer mercato.

José Mourinho heard the news and decided to leave the young defender on the bench for the entire game

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[anointed]

One day, I remember well, in the last 10 minutes of the match, we were leading by just one goal and facing immense pressure. At that moment, he called me over and said:

"You have to clear the ball far away, and then you and Cahill should both fall to the ground. This way, the referee cannot force you to leave the pitch for treatment—he is not allowed to take two players off at the same time."

"None of us were aware of such a rule."

Even the referee himself came to us, telling us that we had to leave the pitch for a few seconds. But we created a small argument with him, and I told him to check with the assistant referee because he was wrong. Indeed, the referee consulted his assistant and realized that he could not force us off the pitch because the rule states that when two players from the same team are down at the same time, they are not required to leave. As a result, both of us stayed on the field, catching our breath again.

"That’s Mourinho for you. He had tricks we weren’t even aware of. He knew how to outsmart his opponent—even through the rules. I think he was ahead of the others by miles. He is a mastermind."

— Chelsea defender John Terry.

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[wiseone]

Mourinho cannot avoid drama.

https://x.com/eurofootcom/status/1907525215543771210

[wiseone]

When they make Jose's post retirement documentary, I have no idea how they will fit all the dramatic moments from his career into 180 minutes of video.

Off the top of my head Jose's highlight reel will have "specialist in failure", the eye poke of doom, the nose poke of doom, "voyeur", "minute 30, minute 33, minute 43, and minute 69", and "I am The Special One".

[Thelastoneleft]

When they make Jose's post retirement documentary, I have no idea how they will fit all the dramatic moments from his career into 180 minutes of video.

Off the top of my head Jose's highlight reel will have "specialist in failure", the eye poke of doom, the nose poke of doom, "voyeur", "minute 30, minute 33, minute 43, and minute 69", and "I am The Special One".

How could you omit the laundry cart? That should be top of any list

[wiseone]

[wiseone]

I forgot that one.

Jose is a nut.

How could you omit the laundry cart? That should be top of any list

[wiseone]

https://x.com/SkySportsNews/status/1908565617126302140

[wiseone]

https://x.com/footbalIfights/status/1916080404957630975

[wiseone]

https://x.com/TheFergusonWay/status/1935262390125547550

[camex]

I was thinking about Portugal and Brazil. They share the same language so, one may assume that their cultures are verysimilar. However, in coaching they could not be more different. I am not aware of a world class coach from Brazil and yet we have Mourhino. This is not an anomaly. Brazilians haev so much talent, they expect to win on talent alone, while Portugal is so small they need excellent coaching to win anything.

[wiseone]

Have you heard of the legendary Mario Zagallo who coached the greatest international football team of all time with Pele, Roberto Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao etc? He is one of the few people in history to win the World Cup as a player and also as a manager. Honourable mentions to Carlos Alberto Pereira and Luiz Felipe Scolari as well.

I was thinking about Portugal and Brazil. They share the same language so, one may assume that their cultures are verysimilar. However, in coaching they could not be more different. I am not aware of a world class coach from Brazil and yet we have Mourhino. This is not an anomaly. Brazilians haev so much talent, they expect to win on talent alone, while Portugal is so small they need excellent coaching to win anything.

[GG of G]

The Turkish interview where he described selecting players by throwing up coins is just maddening - dude is television Gold

[Scipio Africanus]

I was thinking about Portugal and Brazil. They share the same language so, one may assume that their cultures are verysimilar. However, in coaching they could not be more different. I am not aware of a world class coach from Brazil and yet we have Mourhino. This is not an anomaly. Brazilians haev so much talent, they expect to win on talent alone, while Portugal is so small they need excellent coaching to win anything.

Portuguese coaches are very defensive. It must have to do with economics in a country with very few jobs available. Defensive tactics are more likely to protect you from losses and prevent you from getting fired and never working again.

[camex]

Have you heard of the legendary Mario Zagallo who coached the greatest international football team of all time with Pele, Roberto Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao etc? He is one of the few people in history to win the World Cup as a player and also as a manager. Honourable mentions to Carlos Alberto Pereira and Luiz Felipe Scolari as well.

I was thinking about Portugal and Brazil. They share the same language so, one may assume that their cultures are verysimilar. However, in coaching they could not be more different. I am not aware of a world class coach from Brazil and yet we have Mourhino. This is not an anomaly. Brazilians haev so much talent, they expect to win on talent alone, while Portugal is so small they need excellent coaching to win anything.

Did Mario Zagallo win because of superior talent he had in his team or because of superior coaching?

[ohsee]

Have you heard of the legendary Mario Zagallo who coached the greatest international football team of all time with Pele, Roberto Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao etc? He is one of the few people in history to win the World Cup as a player and also as a manager. Honourable mentions to Carlos Alberto Pereira and Luiz Felipe Scolari as well.

I was thinking about Portugal and Brazil. They share the same language so, one may assume that their cultures are verysimilar. However, in coaching they could not be more different. I am not aware of a world class coach from Brazil and yet we have Mourhino. This is not an anomaly. Brazilians haev so much talent, they expect to win on talent alone, while Portugal is so small they need excellent coaching to win anything.

Did Mario Zagallo win because of superior talent he had in his team or because of superior coaching?

Pele would have agreed with you were he still around. In his biographies, he complained about Zagallo's love of negative tactics, instead of the free flowing football that is in Brazil's DNA. The 1970 team was actually inherited by Zagallo from Joao Saldanha who was fired, if my memory serves me well, for being erratic and claiming Pele had vision problems and should be dropped. The Brazil FA did a very Nigerian thing and fired him three months before the 1970 WC, and replaced him with Mario Zagallo.

The players threatened to revolt due to Zagallo's insistence that they play European-style defensive football, and he eventually relented, though he demanded that they defend more in the game against England.

Zagallo's defensive tactics were fully implemented in the 1974 World Cup where Brazil stunk up the place and were reviled by all the pundits.