http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=274097
Reaction: Mourinho on semi-final frustration
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Jose Mourinho was characteristically defiant after defeat at Anfield,
lamentinga debatable decision to award the goal and injury problems that
finally caught up with his team.
"The best team lost and didn't deserve to lose,” the Chelsea manager
insisted not long after the final whistle.
"They scored, if you can say that they scored. You can say the linesman scored
which gave them the position of being 1-0 up and after that they just defend,
they kick balls up and they did it well. They did it with a lot of courage,
commitment and enthusiasm.”
Mourinho clearly believed his team should have been given the benefit of the
doubt when William Gallas hooked the ball clear from under the crossbar in
the fourth minute.
"Everybody was speaking about the power of Anfield Road. I felt it but I felt
it didn’t interfere with my players. Maybe it interfered with other people.
"I think you should ask the linesman why he gave the goal,” he suggested to
the assembled reporters. “The ball must be 100 per cent in and he must be
sure 100 per cent that the ball was in. My players who were involved in the
situation say it wasn’t a goal. On the television I didn’t see it to be
fair but people say that nobody can confirm that it was a goal.
"But again I accept that. I make mistakes, players make mistakes, he made
mistakes and that is life.”
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez also claimed to have not yet seen the goal
incident on television but pointed to what he thought was a penalty and red
card challenge by Petr Cech in the build-up.
Mourinho's frustration that a key decision had failed to go his team's way
appeared to be equalled by his frustration that injuries at the climax of
the season had tied his hands when it came to tactically wringing the most
out of his players.
"We didn't play at our maximum. We played the Champions League semi-final
without Duff and without Robben. Without wingers and speed it is more
difficult.
"It was difficult to play better than we did with the players we had. We had
no different qualities on the bench to put in the game. Mikael Forssell is not
fit. He is training but not ready to play.
"Robben tried to give us something different in the last ten minutes. Please
do not analyse his performance from what you saw. Analyse his performance
from the point of view of a boy who risked his future to try to help his team
because the boy was not in the position to play.”
"I wish from my heart that Liverpool win the Final because then it is a
Premiership side that wins. He [Benitez] is in the Final so he deserves all
the credit. He did a good job for his team.
"My players are heroes,” Mourinho insisted. “They did what no players at
this club have done for 50 years and they deserve next Saturday a good game
at Stamford Bridge.
"Now we have two days off and Friday we have a nice meal with everybody and
our families. Tomorrow I will be at Stamford Bridge to start to prepare for
next season.”
老大明天開始為下賽季作準備, 老大萬歲! (拜託,好好栽培小弗啦)
希望這賽季的令人發瘋的缺點下賽季通通消失, 期待今年8月新賽季!
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