He’s just the manager who keeps on giving, offering more value per pound that Sainsbury’s Basics range (cheques in the post please). Still, no magic tunnels for Jose Felix Mourinho last night (other than the one he dug for himself) following a footballing lesson from Manchester United which sent the Serie A leaders tumbling headlong – like Satan from heaven to go all Miltonian for a second – out of the Champions League.
So how did Jose react to one of his rare defeats against Sir Alex? Was it a rueful acknowledgement over a vintage bottle of red? Did he stare moodily for hours into the middle distance until he saw something he liked (ie. himself).
Nope instead he (allegedly) lamped a United fan who had the effrontery to shout ‘Going home, going home, going home!’ (which curiously is precisely what he was doing).
What wit, what repartee, truly the reaction of a renaissance man.
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Patrick Vieira was so ineffectual last night that I didn't even realise he was playing until he got substituted. And normally a 6'3" central midfielder is hard to miss.
Ibrahimovic went missing again in a European game, he just isn't up to it. Adriano looked quite dangerous and probably would have scored if he had taken it a bit easier on the pies and nightclubs this year.
Personally I think you have to lose as well as win to gain character as a person (no wait - Wenger is still a twat.) Mourinho is charming and charismatic when things go his way, and they have most often gone his way in the past. When things go badly he throws his toys out of the pram, randomly insults anyone passing and blames somebody else.
Managing Inter in Europe in the next few years should balance this out nicely. For years they have been brilliant in Serie A, and never travelled well in Europe.
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