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Scholes 2004, Abidal 2009, Milito 2010 ² JoseMourinho is a disrespectful hypocrite for his postReal Madrid-Barcelona rantGoal.com's Carlo Garganese agrees that Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho ´went too farµon Wednesday night, and blasts The Special One's hypocrisy and selective memory
By Carlo GarganeseApr 29, 2011 2:00:00 PM
"Mourinho is the best coach in the world, but as a man he still needs to learn manners
and respect."
These were the words just a few months ago of none other than Mario Balotelli. No w
when the Manchester City enfant terrible, whose string of misdemeanours reads longer
than today¶s Royal Wedding guest list, offers you advice in regal protocol and etiquette
then you know you have an attitude problem.
This writer happens to be one of The 'Special One's biggest fans. By the time he retires,
there is no doubt in my mind that he will go down as the greatest club coach of all time.
Having already won everything in Portugal, England, Italy and on the European stage,
Mourinho¶s next mission is to do the same in Spain (the Copa del Rey has been
secured), then Germany, and then internationally. He has bagged six league titles and
two Champions Leagues (just one less than record -winning manager Bob Paisley)
among many other trophies, and at the age of just 48 could easily double that number of
domestic championships.
The modern game is desperately short of star quality - technically, tactically, personally,
professionally, both on and off the pitch - and Mourinho¶s charisma, controversies and
cunning genius enchants us all.
But as Barcelona stated in announcing their intention to report the Portuguese trainer to
Uefa, ³on Wednesday night Mr Mourinho went over the line´.
His post-match rant, which can be read in full here , slammed referee Wolfgang Stark for
the sending-off of himself and Pepe, plus the yellow card that will see Sergio Ramos
suspended from the Camp Nou return leg next week. Jose then went on to suggest that
the events in his side's 2-0 defeat in the Spanish capital were just further evidence of a
pro-Barcelona conspiracy within Uefa, even questioning whether the Blaugrana¶s ties
with Unicef was the cause.
But it was his quotes directed at Barcelona opposite number Pep Guardiola that were
truly out of order, and downright disrespectful - not to mention hypocritical.
"I hope for Pep that he will win the Champions League without any incide nt at one point,´
Mourinho roared.
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³I've won two Champions League titles with teams other than Barcelona. I won the
tournament with Porto, a team from a country that doesn't usually win, and I won the
Champions League with Inter, who hadn't won the trophy for 50 years [sic] and weren't
even among the favourites. We won those trophies with hard work, pride, effort and
sweat.
"Guardiola is a great coach, but I'd be embarrassed if I'd won the tournament like that
after the scandal at Stamford Bridge [two years ago]. If he wins the competition this year,
it will be marred by the events at Santiago Bernabeu.´
SELECTIVE MEMORY | Five incidents Mourinho 'forgot' to mention
Man Utd-Porto
2004 CL last-16
Porto-Deportivo
2004 CL SF
Inter-Chelsea 2010
CL last-16
Inter-Barca 2010
CL SF
Barca-Madrid
2011 Copa final
Paul Scholes goal
scandalously
disallowed
Andrade red for
playful kick on
friend Deco
Samuel last-man
trip on Salomon
Kalou
Milito offside turns
out to be tie-winner
Pepe should have
seen red in final
win
Mourinho may be blessed with the memory of an elephant, but he certainly chooses to
use it very selectively.
Mourinho didn¶t win his Champions League trophies just with ³hard word, pride, effort
and sweat´ - he also received some favourable refereeing decisions (and fortune) along
the way. In the 2003-04 edition, his Porto side were on the verge of elimination during
their second round tie with Manchester United. Ahead 1 -0 in the second-leg at Old
Trafford, the dominant English champions had a Paul Scholes goal scandalously
disallowed for a non-existent offside decision. This meant that a last -minute strike from
Costinha, following a shocking goalkeeper error by Tim Howard, put Porto through 3 -2
on aggregate. Mourinho didn¶t complai n, instead he raced down the touchline for his
famous celebration.
In the 1-0 semi-final victory over Deportivo, Jose also benefited from outrageousrefereeing. In the first -leg in Portugal, which finished 0 -0, one of Depor¶s star players
Jorge Andrade was sent off for playfully kicking at former team-mate Deco. The pair
unsuccessfully remonstrated with referee Markus Merk that they were just fooling
around, Andrade repeating the words: ³He¶s my friend, heµs my friend´. The red card had
a huge bearing on the tie. Without their rock in defence, Deportivo lost the return 1 -0 at
home, and Mourinho¶s Porto proceeded to the final where they beat Monaco 3 -0.
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Fast forward six years to Mourinho¶s second Champions League triumph, and once
again Inter¶s success was not as black and white as he'd like us to think. Granted, the
Nerazzurri were deserving champions, but they had their rub of the green on the path to
glory too. In the second round first leg with Chelsea at San Siro, the Londoners would
have probably returned to Stamford Bridge with a 2-2 draw had referee Mejuto Gonzalez
awarded Chelsea a penalty for a clear last -man trip on Salomon Kalou by Walter
Samuel, which could have also potentially resulted in a red card for the Argentine.
In the classic semi-final win against Guardiola¶s Barcelona, Mourinho has every right to
complain about Thiago Motta¶s unjust red card in the second -leg that forced Inter into a
heroic rearguard action in Catalonia. But he overlooks Diego Milito¶s offside third goal in
Milan, which was ultimately the difference between the two sides on paper.
As for Guardiola¶s supposedly ³embarrassing´ Champions League successes, the 2009
semi-final second-leg at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Barca is in danger of
turning into a mythical old wives' tale with Barcelona as the evil baddie. The truth is that
of the five penalty claims that were turned down by referee Tom Henning Ovrebo, onlyone was a penalty ± the clear handball by Gerard Pique. Dani Alves¶ obstruction on
Florent Malouda may have been inside the area, but obstruction is only a penalty offence
when really serious, and this was not. The same can be said for Eric Abidal¶s slight pull
of Didier Drogba¶s shirt before half -time, which preceded a one-second delay before the
Ivorian catapulted himself onto the floor like he¶d caught the plague.
In the episode involving Drogba and Yaya Toure on 56 minutes, both were wrestling
each other, and even if Kolo¶s younger brother did draw back the Chelsea hitman, it was
well outside the area. Final ly, regarding Michael Ballack¶s last -gasp appeal against
Samuel Eto¶o, the Cameroonian may have had his arm higher than usual, but it was
clearly ball-to-hand (the very top of his arm and back), while he also had his back turned.FIF A¶s µLaws of the Game¶ at the time were crystal clear on this.
It is amusing that Mourinho conveniently overlooked the fact that Abidal was wrongly red -
carded on 65 minutes for a µprofessional foul¶ when Anelka had tripped over his own feet.
This forced Barcelona to chase the last 25 minutes of the game with just 10 men. As a
result the space opened up for Chelsea on the counter -attack, and it was only after this
dismissal that the stonewall Pique penalty incident occurred. It is also peculiar how
Mourinho discarded the performance of referee Wolfgang Stark (Yes, the same
WOLFGANG STARK from Real Madid vs. Barcelona) in the first -leg at Camp Nou.
During that game, Stark waved away an excellent Thierry Henry penalty shout, failed to
send off Ballack, and also harshly booked Carles Puyol, forcing Barcelona to start a left -back at centre-back, and a centre midfielder at left -back in the second-leg.
The semi-final comparison to be drawn between Chelsea 2009 and Real Madrid 2011 is
that both teams played anti -football against Barcelona. While Mourinho got his tactics
spot on in the first two Clasicos of April, and Real Madrid picked their moments to attack
Barca, in Clasico III the Special One was far too negative and brought the problems
on himself. Pepe¶s red card was undoubtedly harsh , but once again Mourinho ignores
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the fact that his naturalised countryman should have been sent off during the Copa del
Rey final a week earlier. The big decisions in Valencia went the way of the Blancos.
Mourinho must realise that, despite his genius, he cannot win every single trophy every
year. That is an impossibility and he needs to accept his rare defeats with grace. To
attempt to downgrade the achievements of a Barcelona side who are probably the most
exciting club side we have ever seen - and on their way to challenging the likes of Ajax
71-73, Bayern 74-76 and Milan 89-94 for the title of greatest ever club team - is truly
dishonourable. To be unable to support his wild theories with facts is hypocritical and
slanderous.
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