Mourinho accuses his former striker Drogba of being 'a diver
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Mourinho: England Are A Bunch Of Divers And Hypocrites
Inter coach Jose Mourinho has launched a sensational attack on English football and he has accused the Premier League of being dominated with diving players and hypocrite coaches...
The 'Special One' has beenmaking huge strides with the Nerazzurri in Serie A but he has turned his attention back to the Premier League where he spent three years at Chelsea.
Mourinho believes there are more divers in England than there are in Italy and he has revealed the best of those who like hitting the ground as he blasts the Premier League and shares his belief of a cheating attitude in blighty.
"I am no longer the Chelsea coach but there is a diving culture in England," Mourinho told Feelfootball.com
"I think I am right if I say that [Didier] Drogba, [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Fernando] Torres and [Robin] Van Persie are all divers.
"These are strikers who have won plenty of penalties over the years. "English football criticises divers but it's the coaches' who teach the players to play this way.
"Where as in Spain, Italy and Portugal, players are taught to win in the right ways by playing proper football.
"Therefore when a player moves to the Premier League, he has to adapt and learn how to dive.
"Drogba is a better player now than what he was, as is Torres and Ronaldo."
The coach also gave his own opinion on diving and he admits he doesn't like it and that players should only go down if they are hacked badly.
"I don't like players diving but I will not be happy if one of mine stays on his feet if he gets fouled badly," added the 'Special One'
"It's rare for referees to give free kicks if a player stays on his feet, even if the challenge is a bad one. "I tell my players to be firm and not naive."
Mourinho's latest attack is likely to cause a massive reaction from England as the coach continues to pick a fight with everyone involved in the game.
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torres and persie is divers? i never knew..
gerrard also in the list of diving
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he is slapping his own face.. cos if Drogba played under him when he infamously said he sometime dive but sometime don't.. so if its the coach that teaches diving then i bet he must have been giving his fair share of advise for Drogba.. but
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I actually feel that Mourinho was the one that brought the art of diving to a new level in the EPL... Not that it wasn't around before him but since he came to England... More players started diving. I don't recall the Chelsea squad diving very much at all or almost not but when he took over, players like Robben, Drogba started diving like crazy... The thing about their diving was so bad that everyone could see it very clearly... The first year Drogba was at Chelsea, even their own fans didn't like his ways... Cos not only does he dive, he also had stimulation to go with it...
But it shouldn't be too surprising cos Mourinho's Porto was diving a lot too on their way to the CL title...
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Italian football is too boring.
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aiyo... c.ronaldo and D.drogba dive until... i think can wrestle away the gold medal that guo jingjing won for diving in the olympics..
Anyway Van persie and Torres are divers meh? Van persie not diver la... its because he is weak therefore easily fall down... Arsenal used to have a diver by the name of Jose Antonio Reyes...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
I actually feel that Mourinho was the one that brought the art of diving to a new level in the EPL... Not that it wasn't around before him but since he came to England... More players started diving. I don't recall the Chelsea squad diving very much at all or almost not but when he took over, players like Robben, Drogba started diving like crazy... The thing about their diving was so bad that everyone could see it very clearly... The first year Drogba was at Chelsea, even their own fans didn't like his ways... Cos not only does he dive, he also had stimulation to go with it...
But it shouldn't be too surprising cos Mourinho's Porto was diving a lot too on their way to the CL title...
see la.. drogba nv dive can score so many goals.. he dive cannot score so many..
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Originally posted by MaNyZeR:
aiyo... c.ronaldo and D.drogba dive until... i think can wrestle away the gold medal that guo jingjing won for diving in the olympics..
Anyway Van persie and Torres are divers meh? Van persie not diver la... its because he is weak therefore easily fall down... Arsenal used to have a diver by the name of Jose Antonio Reyes...
Ronaldo sure win the diving contest
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Originally posted by youyayu:
Ronaldo sure win the diving contest
most probably, given how his antics are highly spotlighted. Shall we officially crowned him and move on?? I bet this should pacify alot of his haters..
I still believe he has unique football qualities and happy that he is in United.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Mourinho: England Are A Bunch Of Divers And Hypocrites
Inter coach Jose Mourinho has launched a sensational attack on English football and he has accused the Premier League of being dominated with diving players and hypocrite coaches...
The 'Special One' has beenmaking huge strides with the Nerazzurri in Serie A but he has turned his attention back to the Premier League where he spent three years at Chelsea.
Mourinho believes there are more divers in England than there are in Italy and he has revealed the best of those who like hitting the ground as he blasts the Premier League and shares his belief of a cheating attitude in blighty.
"I am no longer the Chelsea coach but there is a diving culture in England," Mourinho told Feelfootball.com
"I think I am right if I say that [Didier] Drogba, [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Fernando] Torres and [Robin] Van Persie are all divers.
"These are strikers who have won plenty of penalties over the years. "English football criticises divers but it's the coaches' who teach the players to play this way.
"Where as in Spain, Italy and Portugal, players are taught to win in the right ways by playing proper football.
"Therefore when a player moves to the Premier League, he has to adapt and learn how to dive.
"Drogba is a better player now than what he was, as is Torres and Ronaldo."
The coach also gave his own opinion on diving and he admits he doesn't like it and that players should only go down if they are hacked badly.
"I don't like players diving but I will not be happy if one of mine stays on his feet if he gets fouled badly," added the 'Special One'
"It's rare for referees to give free kicks if a player stays on his feet, even if the challenge is a bad one. "I tell my players to be firm and not naive."
Mourinho's latest attack is likely to cause a massive reaction from England as the coach continues to pick a fight with everyone involved in the game.
It's not the first time the coach has caused controversy with his lyrical vibes.as usual, creating headlines and commotion..!
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Originally posted by zocoss:
But it shouldn't be too surprising cos Mourinho's Porto was diving a lot too on their way to the CL title...
X2!
I watched porto's games en route to finals and remembered how deco and carlos anderson(cant rmb his name) were diving like hell
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Former Chelsea boss Mourinho accuses his former striker Drogba of being 'a diver'
Arc of a diver? Didier Drogba goes down under pressure from Liverpool's Jamie Carragher.
José Mourinho has finally admitted that Didier Drogba, the Chelsea forward, is a diver. The Inter Milan coach, who had to defend the player against the accusation during his time as manager at Stamford Bridge, also labelled Fernando Torres, of Liverpool, Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United, and Robin van Persie, of Arsenal, as among the players that he believes regularly deceive referees in the Barclays Premier League.
Drogba has been the target of criticism from several managers in recent seasons, notably Rafael Benítez, who was furious about Drogba's behaviour in the Champions League semi-final, first leg in April. The Liverpool manager said that he was “really disappointed” by the sympathetic view taken of Drogba's regular falls by Konrad Plautz, the Austrian referee.“I am not the Chelsea manager any more and I don't have to defend them any more, so I think it's correct if I say Drogba is a diver,”
They also dive: Mourinho picked out Cristiano Ronaldo (above), Robin van Persie (below left) and Fernando Torres (below right) as other regular offenders
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You know if someone dived if they fall down and cover their face... eyes can tell everything so they tend to cover it up with their palm.
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Poor Drogba, he must be crying again... Mourinho is the guy he look up to all this while but after this, I think he won't respect Jose as much as he used to liao...
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eh, you guys notice this, jose just cant stop linking himself to the EPL huh? die die must find something to link himself back de.