Jose Mourinho He had won the five finals of the European competitions he played in as a coach until Wednesday, but in Budapest the streak was snapped. The jinx that followed the Portuguese coach in the penalty shootout was stronger.
The statistics are devastating. In his 23 years as head coach of a team Mourinho was involved in eleven penalty shootouts. Well, he won in only two and in the remaining nine the lottery did not go through.
The curse began in 2005 with his first spell on the Chelsea bench and continues to the present day, featuring two defeats in the semifinals of the Champions League, one against Real Madrid, and another two with the European Super Cup at stake, including one against Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich. Fortune only smiled on him in an Italian Super Cup with Inter and in a League Cup with Tottenham.
Mourinho, in penalty shootouts
the nine defeats
with Chelsea
October 2005 (1/16 League Cup): Chelsea-Charlton, 1-1 (6-5)
May 2007 (Champions Semifinals): Liverpool-Chelsea, 0-1, 1-0 (4-1)
August 2007 (Community Shield): Chelsea-Manchester United, 1-1 (0-3)
August 2013 (European Super Cup): Bayern Munich-Chelsea, 1-1 (7-6)
October 2015 (Eighth League Cup): Stoke-Chelsea, 1-1 (5-4)
With Real Madrid
April 2012 (Champions Semifinals): Real Madrid-Bayern Munich, 1-2, 2-1 (1-3)
with manchester united
September 2018 (Eighth League Cup): ManUtd-Derby County, 2-2 (7-8)
with Tottenham
March 2020 (Eighth FA Cup): Tottenham-Norwich, 1-1 (2-3)
with Rome
May 2023 (Europa League Final): Sevilla-Rome, 1-1 (4-1)
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Mourinho, in the penalty shootout
the two victories
with Inter
August 2008 (Supercoppa Italia): Inter-Roma: 2-2 (6-5)
With Tottenham
September 2020 (Eighth League Cup): Tottenham-Chelsea: 1-1 (5-4)
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Mourinho, criticized by the pitchers in the shootout
Mourinho received criticism for the players he chose to accept penalties in the final against Sevilla. The three specialists, Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham, were replaced in the second half or in extra time.
Without them, the choice is not easy. Even, Bryan Cristante converted the first launch. instead, center backs Gianluca Mancini, who never took a penalty in Roma, and Roger Ibañez, not used to such situations either, they saw how Bono guessed their plan.
Gonzalo Montiel It didn’t fail for Sevilla either and that’s where the batch ended (4-1). to follow, Stephan El Shaarawy and Andrea Belotti they would have been in charge of launching the penalty. And if necessary, Georginio Wijnaldum and Nicola Zalewski. The players with the best feet to take penalties…
Source: La Verdad
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