Jose Mourinhos Quotes.. 2 - On Lionel Messi’s involvement in Chelsea defender Asier del Horno’s red card: How do you say cheating in Catalan? Well let you be the judge of whether Messi was play acting... 3 - On Barcelona ‘cheating’ in a Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid: One day I would like Josep Guardiola (then coach of Barcelona) to win this competition properly. “If I tell Uefa what I really think and feel, my career would end now. Instead I will just ask a question to which I hope one day to get a response: Why?” 4 - On Rafael Benitez’s Inter Milan winning the Club World Cup, a trophy the Italians qualified for by winning the Champions League under Mourinho: “I thought he was going to thank me for the title I gave him. Inter fans would tell you how they really feel about it. 5 - On Mourinhos infamous bust-up in Italy with former Catania sporting director Pietro Lo Monaco: As for Lo Monaco, I do not know who he is. I have heard of Bayern Monaco (the Italian name for Bayern Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk), and the principality of Monaco. I’ve never heard of any others. 6 - On taking the Chelsea job: If I wanted to have an easy job I would have stayed at Porto. Beautiful blue chair, the UEFA Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.” 7 - On Mourinho’s Porto beating Manchester United in the Champions League: I understand why he (Alex Ferguson) is a bit emotional. He has some of the top players in the world and they should be doing a lot better than that. “You would be sad if your team gets as clearly dominated by opponents who have been built on 10% of the budget. 8 - On winning the Europa League (and another dig at Benitez, who achieved the feat with Chelsea before Mourinho’s return to Stamford Bridge): “I dont want to win the Europa League. It would be a big disappointment for me. I dont want my players to feel the Europa League is our competition.” 9 - On eggs (yes, really): Omelettes, eggs. No eggs, no omelettes. And it depends on the quality of the eggs in the supermarket. They are class one, two or three and some are more expensive than others and some give you better omelettes. When the class one eggs are not available you have a problem. 10 - On his rivalry with former Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard: “My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard’s history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.”
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:26:25 +0000
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