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Why Chelsea must not let Mourinho go
European Football | Chelsea
by Jonathan Stevenson - BBC Sport 10 April 2007
If the rumours are to be believed and manager Jose Mourinho is kicked out of
Chelsea in the summer, it will surely rank as the worst decision in the club's
history.
Make no mistake - Mourinho is the best thing that has ever happened to Chelsea
Football Club and in the cauldron of the Mestalla on Tuesday night, he once
more showed why.
Ever since the Portuguese walked into Stamford Bridge and announced himself as
the 'Special One', he has done everything possible to live up to his own hype.
Granted, the former Porto coach has not been short on funds, but ask any Real
Madrid or Inter Milan fan and they will tell you hundreds of millions of pounds
do not necessarily just buy silverware.
But Mourinho is a tactical genius. And so often when his players have needed
inspiration from the bench, he has provided them with it.
Not only with his substitutions, but with half-time team-talks that so often
wake his side out of their slumber and propel them to a performance of real
merit.
One-nil down to Valencia, 2-1 on aggregate and with his team sliding out of the
Champions League, Mourinho raced down the tunnel before the first half had
ended to prepare his 15-minute briefing.
“He wasn’t happy,” admitted John Terry, with a classic hint of footballer's
understatement.
“We were not good enough and we got a kick up the backside. We came out and
dominated.”
Mourinho withdrew the nervy Lassana Diarra and sent on Joe Cole, even though
the England winger had previously played just 23 minutes of first-team football
in 2007.
It was inspired, and dominate they did. Michael Essien moved to right-back and
Cole buzzed around the Valencia box, causing new problems with his quick feet
and unpredictable movement.
After just seven minutes, they were level. Valencia had just one shot of note
in the entire second half.
Only a save that will live long in the memory from Santiago Canizares prevented
Michael Ballack from wrapping it up five minutes from the end.
But then up popped Essien - yep, from right-back - to smash in at the death and
confirm Mourinho's standing as currently the world's best manager.
Rumour has it that Dutchman Guus Hiddink is being lined up by the Blues’
billionaire owner Roman Abramovich when Mourinho exits at the end of the
season.
Whatever Abramovich’s motives for being unhappy with his manager, he quickly
needs to have a rethink.
Few managers in the history of the game have been quite as adept as Mourinho at
motivating their troops and turning a lost cause into a won game.
And for those of us who follow English football religiously, he is the most
constant source of entertainment in a sport that increasingly produces dour,
cliche-prone individuals.
He is the modern day Brian Clough. And boy do we need him.
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http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200607/story/0,,2054322,00.html
Mourinho says after dramatic win it may be time to go (截選)
Matt Scott
Wednesday April 11, 2007
When asked if there was a chance he might coach in Spain next season, the
manager was unexpectedly candid. "If you are asking me what I want, it is to
stay in England and to stay at Chelsea," he said. "But sometimes what you want
in life doesn't happen. And if I can't coach Chelsea, I will have to coach
another team."
(希望這只是另一個媒體誤會.)
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