Jose says Blues have blown it
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The coach has disparaged Manchester United's win over Chelsea as he left England unimpressed.
Inter coach Jose Mourinho admits he was unimpressed with what he saw from Manchester United during their 3-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday.
The 'Special One' was at Old Trafford to see his last 16 Champions League opponents in action. United cruised to victory against a poor Chelsea side and, despite the result, Mourinho was not impressed.
"Was I impressed? No. Manchester United deserved to win, but it was not an excellent game.
"It was an exceptional result, but the game was average."
Mourinho has revealed he met up with Sir Alex Ferguson after the game and they enjoyed a nice drink.
"Did I have wine with Ferguson? Yes, of course, I didn't bring the wine though. He had it already," added Mourinho.
"I spoke to him for around half an hour and I told him how Inter will play against them, and he told me his formation against us.
"We swapped all our ideas."
Inter have stumbled recently following their 1-1 draw with Cagliari at the weekend.
The Nerazzurri travel to Old Trafford next month for a place in the quarter finals.
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He nvr failed to entertain...
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Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
"Did I have wine with Ferguson? Yes, of course, I didn't bring the wine though. He had it already," added Mourinho.
"I spoke to him for around half an hour and I told him how Inter will play against them, and he told me his formation against us.
"We swapped all our ideas."
Stupid fool, SAF got your drunk so he could get they honey out of you! He gave you false info by the way... hahahaha!
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i think they're also unimpressed by him
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Originally posted by sand king:
Stupid fool, SAF got your drunk so he could get they honey out of you! He gave you false info by the way... hahahaha!
I think both gave wrong info to each other. -
In a way, Jose is not wrong, Chelsea did not have a good game, and MU was not at their flowing best.
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Jose says Blues have blown it
MOURINHO ... writes off Chelsea
JOSE MOURINHO has given a damning verdict of Chelsea’s 3-0 humbling by Manchester United.
The man still worshipped by Blues fans for winning back-to-back titles watched the match from the Old Trafford directors’ box. And, back at Inter Milan yesterday, the Special One slaughtered Phil Scolari and his team in just one sentence.
Asked to assess what he had seen, Mourinho said: “I didn’t see Chelsea at all, I only saw Manchester United.” And to twist the knife a little deeper, he then wrote off Chelsea’s title challenge altogether. He said: “I think Liverpool and Man United will fight for the title to the end of the season. Chelsea will find it hard to stay with them.”
Mourinho’s Blues were ruthless, super-fit, brilliantly organised and, most importantly, extremely difficult to beat. It is no wonder, then, that the Portuguese coach did not recognise anything of his old team on Sunday.
The team was a very pale imitation of the defensive powerhouse it used to be. Didier Drogba looked a shadow of the striker whose presence alone was enough to frighten rivals. Deco and Michael Ballack’s dismal displays made a mockery of Mourinho’s never-say-die philosophy.
Chelsea stars now fear they are not fit enough to win big games. In their last three games they have lost a goal in the final three minutes against United, Southend and Fulham. And a source close to the dressing room told SunSport: “Some of the players are wondering if their fitness levels are at the necessary level. These players never used to concede goals late in games and a lot of that was down to making sure everyone was super-fit.”
We revealed last month that Scolari was asked to increase the intensity of his training by senior players. Despite that, they spent one session last week playing a seven-a-side tournament, leaving some stars bemused.
Players are openly questioning Scolari’s tactics and selection — an issue illustrated by the row between the manager and Nicolas Anelka as revealed by SunSport today.
Under Mourinho, any player who did not toe the line was booted out. And players would have been dropped if they failed to learn from mistakes or from what was worked on in training.
Yet Scolari has vowed for the last three weeks to work on defending set-pieces, only to see two more goals conceded from dead balls on Sunday.
Mourinho added: “Manchester United’s victory was right because they played better than Chelsea. “But it was not a superb display, only an exceptional result. This was a peaceful match as only one team played.”
At full-time, Mourinho went to Alex Ferguson’s office. Mourinho revealed: “I had a glass of wine with Alex and we spoke for half an hour. “I told him how Inter will play against United when we meet in the Champions League and he named his 11 players for the game. It was very funny.”
So there you have it. Chelsea’s most successful manager sat laughing with Fergie over a glass of wine after his old club had just been hammered.
How times have changed.
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is he trying to muscle himself into chelsea's manager??
Chelsea had one bad game but they are still 2nd. I do hope that they can regroup and put pressure on both MU and Liverpool..
Cause only with pressure then the title race is entertaining..
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Jose says Blues have blown it
MOURINHO ... writes off Chelsea
JOSE MOURINHO has given a damning verdict of Chelsea’s 3-0 humbling by Manchester United.
The man still worshipped by Blues fans for winning back-to-back titles watched the match from the Old Trafford directors’ box. And, back at Inter Milan yesterday, the Special One slaughtered Phil Scolari and his team in just one sentence.
Asked to assess what he had seen, Mourinho said: “I didn’t see Chelsea at all, I only saw Manchester United.” And to twist the knife a little deeper, he then wrote off Chelsea’s title challenge altogether. He said: “I think Liverpool and Man United will fight for the title to the end of the season. Chelsea will find it hard to stay with them.”
Mourinho’s Blues were ruthless, super-fit, brilliantly organised and, most importantly, extremely difficult to beat. It is no wonder, then, that the Portuguese coach did not recognise anything of his old team on Sunday.
The team was a very pale imitation of the defensive powerhouse it used to be. Didier Drogba looked a shadow of the striker whose presence alone was enough to frighten rivals. Deco and Michael Ballack’s dismal displays made a mockery of Mourinho’s never-say-die philosophy.
Chelsea stars now fear they are not fit enough to win big games. In their last three games they have lost a goal in the final three minutes against United, Southend and Fulham. And a source close to the dressing room told SunSport: “Some of the players are wondering if their fitness levels are at the necessary level. These players never used to concede goals late in games and a lot of that was down to making sure everyone was super-fit.”
We revealed last month that Scolari was asked to increase the intensity of his training by senior players. Despite that, they spent one session last week playing a seven-a-side tournament, leaving some stars bemused.
Players are openly questioning Scolari’s tactics and selection — an issue illustrated by the row between the manager and Nicolas Anelka as revealed by SunSport today.
Under Mourinho, any player who did not toe the line was booted out. And players would have been dropped if they failed to learn from mistakes or from what was worked on in training.
Yet Scolari has vowed for the last three weeks to work on defending set-pieces, only to see two more goals conceded from dead balls on Sunday.
Mourinho added: “Manchester United’s victory was right because they played better than Chelsea. “But it was not a superb display, only an exceptional result. This was a peaceful match as only one team played.”
At full-time, Mourinho went to Alex Ferguson’s office. Mourinho revealed: “I had a glass of wine with Alex and we spoke for half an hour. “I told him how Inter will play against United when we meet in the Champions League and he named his 11 players for the game. It was very funny.”
So there you have it. Chelsea’s most successful manager sat laughing with Fergie over a glass of wine after his old club had just been hammered.
How times have changed.
agreed.
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stfu lah jose. it's not your problem
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I agree that Chelsea have blown it, however i don't think Liverpool will fight to the end. Over the next few games....... after rafa's burst up, there goes liverpool's season
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Originally posted by Chris88110:
I agree that Chelsea have blown it, however i don't think Liverpool will fight to the end. Over the next few games....... after rafa's burst up, there goes liverpool's season
being one of man utd fan for quite a long time, i think it's best not to write off any team... last time man utd vs wolves, top table vs last team in the league, wolves won 1-0... soccer, anything can happen, need to be humble because end up have to eat own words. -
Originally posted by DailyFreeGames.com:
being one of man utd fan for quite a long time, i think it's best not to write off any team... last time man utd vs wolves, top table vs last team in the league, wolves won 1-0... soccer, anything can happen, need to be humble because end up have to eat own words.
Guess then it comes down to whether Rafa will be remembered as the only manager who has out-muscled fergie in mind games or an idiot who over-played his hand -
NEVERMIND
SEE CHAMPS LEAGUE DEN SAY
INTER VS MAN U
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Jose..please come to Liverpool...lol
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its true man u werent at their best.
but who knows? maybe man u will show inter their best when they meet.