Coach Jose Mourinho: “The great loser and the path of roses”
(Baonghean.vn) - After being fired by Man Utd before Christmas (December 2018) due to the team's poor performance, this is the 4th time in his career that Portuguese strategist Jose Mourinho, born in 1963, has been fired.
Previously, in 2007 at Chelsea, the amount that The Blues had to pay to Special “The Special One” when terminating the contract before the deadline was 18 million pounds. The second time was at Real Madrid (in 2013) but this time the Spanish Royal team did not have to pay compensation because of some terms agreed in the previous contract. The third time was also at Chelsea (December 2015), the compensation for Mourinho was 9.5 million pounds. The fourth time was at Man Utd (December 2018), the amount that the Old Trafford team had to pay to this coach when there were 2 years left in the contract was 24 million pounds.
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| Coach Jose Mourinho won the Champion League with Inter Milan in 2010. Photo: Internet |
Thus, counting only 3/4 times when he was fired before the deadline, the "Special One" pocketed 51.5 million pounds, equivalent to 1,500 billion VND. After more than 2 years in the position of coach of Man Utd, the "Special One" has cost MU more than 350 million pounds in the transfer market, bringing to Old Trafford 8 new players, including famous deals such as bringing Paul Pogba (105 million Euros), Lukaku (84 million Euros), Nemanja Matic (44 million Euros) ... and only won 3 titles with MU including: Europa League, English Super Cup and English League Cup. A very modest achievement for a club with a rich tradition like Man Utd.
Returning to the story of Mourinho and Man Utd before Christmas 2018, in round 17 they were defeated by Liverpool at Anfield with a score of 3-1. In this match and the previous matches, Man Utd performed a weak, uninspired style of play, the football philosophy of the "Special One" based on counter-attacking defense was nothing special. MU at this time was like a newly promoted team, fragile, easily broken and only ranked 6th on the rankings.
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| Coach Jose Mourinho won the Champion League with FC Porto in 2004. Photo: Internet |
After 17 rounds, they are 19 points behind the top team Liverpool (26 points compared to 45 points). Never in history has the home team of the "Theater of Dreams" had such a bad performance and Man Utd is facing a completely failed season. Besides that, there is pressure from the "Red Devils" fans because of the team's poor performance plus irreconcilable conflicts with the American owners when their requirements in the transfer market are not met. Disagreements in training methods on the training ground with stars like Paul Pogba, Mattial... and up to 90% of Man Utd players lost faith in their coach and it was inevitable that coach Mourinho was fired for the fourth time. The former Norwegian player, also a former Man Utd player, was quickly appointed as the interim coach at Old Trafford, Ole Gunar Solskjaer.
However, with Mourinho's talent and popularity, dismissal does not mean the end, but on the contrary, when one door closes, another door opens. Despite being fired in Manchester, the "special one"'s "hotness" has not decreased when some of the world's football giants are inviting this coach to lead their teams such as "old" Real Madrid and Inter Milan, Bayer Munich, FC Porto, and some teams in China. But according to insiders, the possibility of Mourinho returning to the Spanish Royal team Real Madrid is very high.
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| Coach Jose Mourinho received the award for World's Best Coach in 2010 by FIFA. Photo: Internet |
The “Special One” is recognized as the best football coach in the world today, with a modern pragmatic football philosophy combined with off-field factors such as extremely sharp and intelligent psychological warfare. Mourinho is also famous for his strong, different personality, ready to criticize all opponents and the media as well as self-promotion. In fact, the somewhat “arrogant” personality of the “Special One” has helped this coach win over his opponents psychologically, thereby indirectly helping Mourinho win on the field. Mourinho has been very successful when leading big teams such as FC Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, bringing many titles to these teams in the domestic league as well as other European Cup titles.
Mourinho was honored as the best coach in 2002/2003, 2003/2004 by UEFA, the best coach by FA Premier League in 2005/2006, 2014, 2015; the best coach in the world in 2010 by FIFA... is the 3rd coach in football history to win 2 UEFA Champion League titles with 2 different clubs, FC Porto and Inter Milan, after Ottmar Hitzfeld and Ernst Happel.
Mourinho is the 4th coach to win the national championship in 4 different countries such as Portugal, England, Italy, Spain, after coaches Tomislav Ivic, Ernst Happel and Giovanni Trapattoni. Those are just a few of the total 26 major and minor titles that Jose Mourinho has won in his coaching career up to now. And the challenge for the "Special One" has not stopped yet when football is an indispensable part of the life of this 56-year-old strategist./.