Jose Mourinho once cried ‘very hard’ and the ‘only time’ in his career after this Real Madrid defeat
Jose Mourinho talks about the only time he cried after a defeat against Bayern Munich in the UCL final.
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Jose Mourinho is one of the most famous coaches in the world of football. He has often been termed the “Special one” by most of his fans for his attitude on the pitch. But evidently, that isn’t the only side of the manager the world knows of. In 2012, after Real Madrid’s UCL exit, Mourinho was so emotional
In a latest interview, Roma head coach Jose Mourinho reportedly explained how he was left devastated after a Champions League semi-final loss to Bayern Munich back in 2012. It was the only time he cried after a match as a coach.
Jose Mourinho has reportedly revealed the only time that he has cried after losing a match during his coaching career was the Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich back in 2012 while he was Real Madrid‘s head coach. The German giants advanced to the final of the competition that year after beating Madrid on penalties, with the semi-final tie having gone to extra-time and spot-kicks following a 2-1 win for Mourinho’s men over the 90 minutes. With the first leg having finished 2-1 to the Bundesliga side, Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice inside 14 minutes at the Bernabeu to put the hosts ahead in the tie.
Arjen Robben struck from the penalty spot after 27 minutes to level things up at 3-3 on aggregate, with Ronaldo, Kaka and Sergio Ramos all missing from 12 yards as the match went to penalties. Bastian Schweinsteiger was on hand to net the winning spot-kick and set up a meeting with Chelsea in the final, a game that the Blues would win at the Allianz Arena in a match that was again decided by spot-kicks.
Looking back at the defeat, the Roma head coach told, “Unfortunately, that’s football. Cristiano, Kaka, Sergio Ramos, three complete monsters of football, there’s no doubt about that, but they’re also human. Mourinho reportedly said, “That night is the only time in my career as a coach that I’ve cried after a defeat. I remember it well. Aitor Karanka and I pulled up in front of my house, in the car, crying. It was very hard because we were the best that season.”
It proved to be one of few blips in an outstanding season for Madrid, who won the Liga title and earned 100 points, nine more than Barcelona. This set the record for a single top-flight season in Spain.
Los Blancos also scored 121 goals in the competition in that famous 2011-12 campaign, another La Liga record, while they would end up losing just twice in the league to Levante and Barca respectively. Mourinho managed Madrid between 2010 and 2013 and won 128 of his 178 matches in charge of the Spanish club. He would then go on to coach Chelsea for the second time in his career, winning a third Premier League title for the Blues. Then he joined Manchester United in 2016 for a spell that would last just over two seasons prior to his sacking in December 2018.
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Jose Mourinho Slams ex-Chelsea boss Sarri – Reports
Jose Mourinho has aimed a sly dig at his fellow former Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri as the AS Roma boss stoked the fire by renewing his war of words with rivals Lazio. Mourinho has never shied away from playing mind games in press conferences and the Portuguese was up to his old tricks in trying to lure Sarri into a verbal battle, as the clubs prepare for a tense finale in the fight for a top-four spot in Serie A.
Roma and Lazio were both well-positioned to finish in the Champions League qualification places before Juventus’ 15-point deduction was overturned on Sunday. This meant the Bianconeri have climbed back into third in the table. Lazio have a solid advantage in second on 61 points and are five points clear of their capital rivals Roma with seven games to go, following the Giallorossi’s 3-1 defeat away to Atalanta on Sunday.
It came just three days after Roma’s emphatic 4-1 win over Feyenoord to send them through to a second successive European semi-final. Roma have won the Europa Conference League last season.
And Mourinho made a clever attempt to deflect attention from their defeat in Bergamo by highlighting Lazio’s exit from the Europa League at the hands of AZ Alkmaar in the last-16 knockout round. He suggested that Sarri’s side have taken the easy way out by focusing only on their domestic ambitions. He said, “Maybe a defeat against Feyenoord would have been better to fight until the end to get into the top four. But I’m not used to choosing between Europe and the league. I’m not used to going out of Europe to focus on Serie A. If I had done that, at this point we would have only had seven more games and could focus on those, without pressure or excessive worry. In my career I’m used to having top squads, with 22-24 interchangeable starters. Once Benzema and Higuain played, I used to line up Drogba and then Crespo. But we want to go ahead in both competitions. I know there is a risk of not winning the Europa League and falling out of the top four in the league, but there is also a risk of winning the cup and finishing in the top four.”
Roma were some way short of their best after Mourinho decided to leave the likes of Paulo Dybala and Nemanja Matic on the bench against Atalanta. And he suggested some members of his squad were not up to the standard of the star-studded players he once had at Chelsea and Real Madrid, which enabled him to juggle several competitions at once.
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