Jose Mourinho is unquestionably one of the most successful managers in world football today. His illustrious career as a football manager began in the year 2000 with Portuguese giants Benfica. Since 2000, Mourinho has managed União Desportiva de Leiria, (2001-02) FC Porto (2002-04), Chelsea FC (2004-07), Inter Milan (2008-10), and Real Madrid (2010-present). His trophies essentially speak for themselves, with the Portuguese winning 18 trophies since 2002, but is he worth the baggage that he comes with?
Mourinho’s most recent controversy was his dispicable eye-poking assault on FC Barcelona assistant Tito Vilanova. The incident followed a straight red card for Real Madrid’s Brazilian left-back Marcelo, who probably got what he deserved for his reckless challenge on Cesc Fabregas. The chaos that ensued also lead to the sending off of Mesut Ozil and Barcelona’s back-up goalkeeper Pinto, who always seems to be in the middle of things when it comes to El Clasico.
Coming from someone who feels that Mourinho is second only to Sir Alex Ferguson as world football’s top manager, his actions the past two seasons have been far from classy. In fact, they have been down right unprofessional and ridiculous. Los Blancos may not give Mourinho another chance in 2012-13 if they do not win any major titles this season, excluding the Copa del Rey of course.
Mourinho’s latest comments on the Spanish Supercup have gathered the headlines yet again.
“This is a tiny little title, but we are not happy to not have won it. However, we played both matches very well, we were fantastic.
“From the first minute of the second half, and I will not criticize it, because there are people who do this, the ball-boys hid themselves. That happens with tiny little teams when they are facing difficulties.” – Jose Mourinho
Mourinho’s comments and actions during the second leg of the Supercup sparked Barcelona’s Gerard Pique to call out the Madid boss, and rightfully so.
“Someone has to take action here. Mourinho is destroying Spanish football. They talk a lot about the Catalans, but the problem is in Madrid. I think he is crossing the line and the limit, and he needs to be stopped.”
“We hope that Thursday everyone will be talking about a great game of football and not the melee.”
“It isn’t the first time this has happened … it is always the same people. Someone needs to sort this out.”
Guardiola also entered the media frenzy and defended his players from the hooligan-like manager.
“Unfortunately this is the image of Madrid. The cameras speak for themselves. You can be aggressive or over enthusiastic but Marcelo went in to hurt Cesc.
“It’s good that today justice has been done. We’re not in the best physical condition but we have still beaten to Real Madrid, who had thoroughly prepared for the Supercopa.”
Mourinho can’t win this battle, as like Guardiola said, the cameras do not lie. If the Portuguese boss fails to win La Liga or the Champions League this season, his actions will definitely catch up too him, tainting his managerial legacy forever.
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