Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho is an enigmatic and extremely intelligent individual, a man who understands how to play with the media and with people’s minds. He is good and evil in equal measures – the master motivator and the master baiter.
Jose Mourinho has his faults – but just one glance at what he says to the press (see Jose Mourinho’s quotes) tells you that he is constantly pushing people around him and the rules in order to get what he wants. He is driven by a hunger to succeed that is seldom seen in even the best of people and it’s that winning habit that he manages to empower his players with.
Jose Mourinho – a man who wins titles, consistently. How many other managers can say that?
Capello takes a leaf out of Mourinho’s book
The anti-football of Mourinho and Capello can reap rewards, but more is needed for England to be contenders for EURO 2012. On the face of it, it was not overly surprising. The 7th best team in the world, England, beat the best team in the world, Spain, 1-0 at home in a friendly international. Bearing…
Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat
It seems that in almost every aspect of the game, two clubs dominate the footballing world. They are Spanish super heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona. Any team boasting multiple stars is said to echo Real’s Galactico era, while teams – from League Two to the K-League – are said to be a mini-Barcelona. Even the…
Mourinho out of time in Madrid?
Jose Mourinho has many gifts. For organisation, for having team buy into a philosophy, for quick quips and irritation. It’s perhaps fitting that a master of hyperbole has been pilloried by the more rampant sensationalists in the British media concerning his antics during and after the Spanish Supercup. As the four Clasicos in seventeen days…
Barcelona vs Manchester United – What has changed since 2009?
2008/2009 was all-in-all Barcelona’s season. Pep Guardiola led his childhood club to glory like no other manager had done before him. United on the other hand, weren’t too bad the whole season. They were back again in the UEFA Champions League final to defend the title that they had won last year against Chelsea. 08/09…
Has Cristiano Ronaldo evolved too far?
The debate about who is the world’s greatest player has revolved for nearly five years now around two names: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who now leads the line at Real Madrid after emerging as a tricksy winger at Manchester United. Only two other names are mentioned: Messi’s Barca teammates Xavi and Andres Iniesta….
Dubious or not? Controversial refereeing decisions involving Barcelona in the Champions League
The build-up and aftermath of Barcelona’s victory over Real Madrid in their first-leg Champions League semi-final has been marred by Jose Mourinho’s comments regarding Coach Pep Guardiola and referees. The 0-2 defeat at the Bernabeu now leaves the nine-time winners aspiration of making it a perfect 10 in complete ruin. Los Blancos had Pepe sent…
The year of the underdog in the UEFA Champions League
As Schalke gears up for arguably the biggest game in their history against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League semi-final on Tuesday night, their passage to the last-four brings back memories of that telling year of 2004 where the underdogs reigned supreme. As Europe’s elite fell like a stack of dominoes during that frantic…
What Mourinho learned from 5-0 at Nou Camp
El Clasico is probably the most watched football derby in the world. Nowhere in the world so much is put on the line. If you think Chelsea and Manchester City have the most expensive players and the biggest wage budget, you should really take a look at the numbers Real Madrid and Barcelona spend. Without…
Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona: Catalans Close in on the Title, But Mourinho’s Men Rejuvenated
Barcelona practically wrapped up La Liga with a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, but there were few celebrations fron Pep Guardiola’s men as Real Madrid appear to have gained a big psychological advantage going into the three remaining Classicos.
Tottenham vs Real Madrid in Fives
A quick look at Real’s 1-0 win at White Hart Lane through lists of five: things we learned, the best moments, and the best and worst players on the night
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