Mourinho risked "having his teeth smashed".
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Former Chelsea boss Mourinho makes new enemies after just two games in charge at Inter
War of words: Jose Mourinho's mouth has already run away with him at Inter.Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho was branded a "bigmouth" by the chief executive of rival Serie A side Catania on Tuesday after an extraordinary exchange of insults between the pair.
Mourinho, known for his inflammatory comments while coach of Chelsea, began the spat on Saturday when he said his side had deserved to beat Catania 5-1, despite only winning the league match 2-1 thanks to two own goals.
Catania chief executive Pietro Lo Monaco hit back by saying Mourinho had insulted the whole of the Sicilian city, adding that he risked "having his teeth smashed".
Lo Monaco quickly apologised for the comment, saying it was a Sicilian turn of phrase and he did not advocate violence. Colourful Mourinho joked in reply that he had heard of the Monaco Grand Prix but not the Catania official, whom he accused of using his name for free publicity.
On Tuesday, Lo Monaco took the rare step of issuing a statement on Catania's website (www.calciocatania.it) denouncing the Portuguese coach. "Inter, and I say this with true conviction, have the strongest setup in Europe. It's a shame they have been shown to have the biggest bigmouth coach of the continent," the lengthy statement said.
Mourinho had been relatively subdued in his public comments since arriving at Inter in June as he got to know the Italian press. Recently though, he has come back out of his shell and has also been involved in verbal exchanges with Juve coach Claudio Ranieri, his predecessor at Chelsea.
Internazionale midfielder Sulley Muntari has been handed a three-match ban for hitting an opponent during Saturday´s 2-1 win against Catania. The former Udinese and Portsmouth player was sent-off for striking Catania´s Giacomo Tedesco in the face.
A statement from the Italian Football League said: "In the 45th minute, while the ball was not in play, Muntari was guilty of hitting a rival in the face causing him a minor injury to the mouth." Muntari will miss this weekend´s clash at Torino as well as the home game against Lecce and the derby match against AC Milan on September 28.
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his performance at inter suck.. seriously.. tyco win
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But he is still the same old Mourinho... Wait the Sicilian Mafia get angry with him too... lol
But his Inter did win last night in the Champions League...
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Mourinho 'Disgraceful' & 'Disgusting' - Lo Monaco
The war between Jose Mourinho and Pietro Lo Monaco is now in danger of getting out of control after the Catania director launched a vicious response to the “disgraceful”, “disgusting”, “blabbermouth” Inter coach.
This morning Lo Monaco has now bitten back at these taunts, and he does not hold back in his assessment of Mourinho. “I don't think Italian football would lose anything without Mourinho,” he roared.
“Firstly, I certainly don't care about newspaper headlines. I have never looked for publicity. I just try to do the best I can with the humble funds our President can supply.
“Secondly it is disgraceful that Mourinho makes money through publicity and threw this in my face, along with the people of Catania and all the other smaller clubs, with his disgusting air of superiority and disdain.
“Last of all, I am called Lo Monaco and not just Monaco.”
The Catania director did apologise for saying that Mourinho “needs a smack in the mouth”, but not because he didn’t believe the coach deserved one, but rather because he doesn’t want to incite any more violence among football fans.
“My comment wasn't meant to incite violence and I will apologise for that if some people think it did,” he noted.
“Inter have the strongest squad in Europe, but sadly they also have the biggest blabbermouth of a coach.”
It remains to be seen what Mourinho’s response will be to these comments, but expect one very soon. -
Originally posted by zocoss:
But he is still the same old Mourinho... Wait the Sicilian Mafia get angry with him too... lol
But his Inter did win last night in the Champions League...
performance is horrible