Mourinho and legend Rio Ferdinand 'ask and answer'

(Baonghean.vn) - In the Europa League final a few days ago, Hargreaves and especially Rio Ferdinand had doubts about coach Mourinho not using faces like Chris Smalling, Jesse Lingard or Michael Carrick from the beginning.

On BT Sport, two former Man United players openly expressed their concerns when they did not see the aforementioned faces registered in the starting lineup. And in the end, Pogba and Mkhitaryan did not disappoint their coach. This could not make the 54-year-old coach face pressure from public opinion...

Recently, through Manchester United Magazine, Coach J. Mourinho did not hesitate to express his views on using people in a satirical but no less firm way.

"Some of the players mentioned above have the quality to play well in a big match like the Europa League final. But what I think is that they cannot meet the requirements of winning and dealing with that pressure. Especially the desire, the focus, the responsibility and the determination.

This is something you only learn when you are at the highest level. For me, the mentality of the game is what worries me the most. I think that is one of my weaknesses as a coach. It is difficult for me to understand the mentality of people who do not have the same views as me. It is difficult to understand so I need time to understand. And sometimes I am not interested in another player. Sometimes I ask my assistants to help me with this because they have a different background than me.”

Rashford is one of the players favored by J. Mourinho - Photo: Internet

Initially, some players were not trusted by Mourinho and the Portuguese coach himself seemed to have no faith in some of his students. One of them was Marcus Rashford. However, the 19-year-old player took advantage of the opportunity to replace the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic. And Mourinho loves such players.

"What I love about Rashford is that he can handle pressure. I can train him, I can be very hard on him. And when his teammates finish training and he doesn't...

Last season, Rashford came here without any pressure, without any responsibility. And when the pressure came to him this season, one month, two months, four months, he had to deal with that pressure. That's the situation I like. I like to get the best out of players so they can turn it into motivation.

I have the right to be interested in players with such personality, and Marcus Rashford is the most typical and special example in my team, my way of using people" - Mourinho concluded frankly.

Not stopping there, Mourinho also confided when he decided to give up the habit of dressing neatly and neatly throughout the season to wear the kit provided by the club with the image and brand of Man United every time he faced his old team Chelsea. This was truly a strange and intentional action. This question was once again asked by Rio Ferdinand to Mourinho in an interview on BT Sports channel.

“I did this because it was Chelsea and because I wanted to make it clear that I am not a Chelsea player anymore. I have great respect for the Chelsea fans, they have given me a lot of love, but I am not Chelsea anymore...

I want to end all my links with Chelsea, it is in the past. If one day I am not at Manchester United and I move to another club, I will do the same because it shows professionalism at a high level. And I always want to let people know my club. And my club now is Manchester United.”

Perhaps, those are just Mourinho's explanations to reassure public opinion. After all, this strategist is still a coach with a lot of personality. Remember, to be able to come to Man United, the "special one" had to spend a lot of effort to be able to resolve all the problems with the old team in the issue of image exploitation.

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(Source: JOE)