Mourinho, one mess after another: These are his great controversies

‘The Special’

Chelsea

This was undoubtedly his first great memorable moment. It was 2004 and he was managing Chelsea when he earned the nickname The Special One, a nickname that has stuck forever. It was on top of that during his presentation as the new ‘blue’ coach when he said: “Please, don’t call me arrogant, I’m a European champion, I think I’m ‘the special one’.”

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“Theater of good”

Chelsea

His history of tension at Barça began in his first spell at Chelsea. It all happened in one of the first recitals of a teenage Leo Messi who was released in a Champions League match at Stamford Bridge in 2006. In that match, Del Horno was sent off after a tackle without wanting to reach the ball and in the following press conference He did not fail to say “What can we do? Shall we suspend Messi for making theater? Yes, he has made theater. Catalonia is a country of culture and you know what theater is ( in reference to the Catalan media). theater of the good”.

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“Guardiola has a Champions League that I would be ashamed to win”

real Madrid

Undoubtedly, his heyday was when he led Real Madrid. It is impossible to forget all the episodes he experienced against Barça and especially his direct confrontation with Pep Guardiola in a tense Clásico to unexpected points.
The zenith was reached by two points. First after the 2011 Copa del Rey final where Madrid won and there was a disallowed goal for Pedro that Guardiola appreciated. “There are three types of coaches: a group that does not criticize the mistakes of the referees; another very big one, of which I am, who criticizes the mistakes of the referees; and a new group, where only Guardiola is there , which criticizes the success of the referees”, said Mou.
That was the great precedent, because in the same season in the Champions League all hell broke loose. Barça defeated Madrid after the famous sacking of Pepe due to the introduction of Alves and Mourinho made a big statement in a press conference referring to the Champions League won by the blaugranas and after the controversial semi-final victory against at Chelsea in 2009. “Josep Guardiola is a wonderful football manager, but he won a Champions League that I would be ashamed to win. He won the Stamford Bridge scandal and if he wins this year he will win the Bernabéu scandal. I sincerely wish him the pleasure of winning a white, brilliant Champions League, without any scandals behind it”, interrupted Mou, while the response of Pep and his “he is the fucking master, the one who knows the most in the world”, is epic.

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The finger in the eye of “Pito Vilanova”

Madrid

Undoubtedly, the saddest episode of all was when Jose Mourinho completely lost his temper and poked Tito Vilanova, a Barça assistant, in the 2011 Super Cup which the Catalans won and in which Marcelo was also sent off. of banks.
​Neither short nor lazy, instead of apologizing in the following press conference, Mou was so mad that in that matter he replied “I didn’t touch ‘Pito’ Villanova. I don’t know his name”.

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Valdano, hit

Madrid

One of his first actions at Real Madrid was to strike Valdano. After coming out of that press conference with a paper containing all the arbitration decisions against the team saying he had to show his face, he left the Argentine, then general manager, very marked, and ended up getting fired from the team, preventing him from traveling with them and from entering the locker room, which ended on May 25, 2011 with Valdano’s departure from the club. “Florentino made the winner clear,” said the Argentine.

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Casillas, the ‘mole’

Madrid

And since they are going to kill Real Madrid icons, what better way to do it than to do it with the best goalkeeper in their entire history. From being the undisputed starter, Iker Casillas went to the bench and not because of his bad performance, but because of what happened off the field and it all started with a call by Iker to Xavi and Puyol to reduce the tension of the Clásicos in favor of a good relationship with the choice. That didn’t sit well with Mourinho, who took it as an ally against an enemy and has since lashed out at Casillas, although he later claimed sporting reasons. And not only that, later on he started to talk about there being a ‘mole’ in the dressing room and that was referring to Casillas, who he thought he was talking to the press about.

sanctioned by UEFA

Madrid

His last controversial episode in Madrid. It was then, in 2010, and during the Champions League clash against Ajax in the round of 16. Mourinho ordered Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso to force a yellow card and miss the quarterfinals, but it was caught on camera. He told Dudek and he told Casillas, who delivered the message.
UEFA, due to said behavior, imposed economic sanctions on those involved: Real Madrid (120.00 euros), Mourinho (40,000), Xabi Alonso and Ramos (20,000), Casillas (10,000) and Dudek (5,000) ). In addition, Xabi, Sergio and Mou were sent off for one game.

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Case of Carneiro

Chelsea

Back at Chelsea and in 2015, Mourinho was the star of a big mess and in this case not so much related to sports. Eva Carneiro, the team’s first doctor, was removed from the team after a game against Swansea in which she took Hazard off the field (Leaving Chelsea with 9 because Courtois had already been sent off), something that did not like Mou. “I’m not happy with my medical staff because even if you’re a doctor, manager or prop you have to understand the game. If you’re going to treat a player, you have to make sure he has a serious problem. Eden (Hazard) is tired and not so I had a serious problem”, said the Portuguese coach.
The thing was not cheap. In September, Carneiro said he was leaving the club and took the case to court, claiming an unfair dismissal from Chelsea and Mourinho accusing him of sexist discrimination and abuse. Ultimately, a financial settlement was reached and the club issued a statement of apology, also on Mou’s behalf.

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Mou against Wenger

Chelsea

The rivalry between Mourinho and Wenger is well-known but it reached its peak in 2014. After a tackle by Cahill on Alexis Sánchez, the Frenchman exploded and tackled and shoved Mourinho, both of whom had to be separated by the referee .
It all started in 2005 when Wenger accused his rival of “putting the sport in jeopardy” regarding his defensive tactics and Mou replied that “There are people who have big telescopes at home and spend their time looking at their neighbors. Wenger must be of being one of them. He’s always talking about other family. And being a voyeur is a disease. I don’t know what’s wrong with him, but he seems to be in love with Chelsea. Maybe I want to leave to Arsenal and take my job.” then, everything went to more.

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Pedro León is not Zidane and Benzema, a cat

Madrid

Although these are stories far removed from previous controversies, it is impossible not to highlight in these chapters the two press conferences where he left a message for Pedro León and Karim Benzema, players for his Real Madrid.
Most memorable is the first one, who was asked in a press conference about his repeated absences from the team and for a few minutes, something that Mou could not understand: “If President Florentino came to ask me why Pedro León was not summoned, I have to answer him But he didn’t ask me. Say it seems like we are talking about Zidane or Maradona. He is a great player who played for Getafe two days ago. let’s talk about Pedro León, he has to work to play. If he works as I want, it’s easier for him to play, if not, it’s harder”.
Benzema’s case is different. At the time he was fighting for a place with Higuaín but the more durable Argentine was injured. “If you don’t have a dog to hunt, if you have the cat you go with the cat. But you can’t go alone. We have an attacker Benzema, if he plays we are not on the bench and if he doesn’t play we have to change the system “Without Higuain we have a problem. In the same way that I didn’t cry because Kaka was gone for six months, and no, I’m not going to talk about Higuain every day now.”