Mourinho And Branca Involved In Furious Inter Spat
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SUNDAY REVIEW
Inter stunned by 3-1 loss at Atalanta
Serie A leaders Inter Milan suffered a stunning 3-1 defeat at Atalanta on Sunday before Juventus cut the gap at the top to three points with a 1-1 draw at Lazio.
The title race is very much on at the halfway stage of the season after champions Inter dropped points for the second weekend in a row following last Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Cagliari.
Striker Sergio Floccari scored a superb opener for mid-table Atalanta on 18 minutes before playmaker Cristiano Doni extended their lead with a deflected free kick and a powerful header in the first half.
Jose Mourinho used all his three substitutes by the start of the second period but his side barely mustered a shot on target before Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted a consolation in injury time.
"I can't explain it," Mourinho told Sky television before he clashed with interviewers.
"I should keep quiet and let the sports press use any adjective they want, which I must accept given my team played such an awful match."
Before the Cagliari draw, Inter had won eight league matches in a row but have rarely hit top form all season.
Bergamo-based Atalanta are always a threat at home and 22 out of their 27 points this term have come in their own stadium.
In the late game in Rome, Cristian Ledesma put Lazio ahead midway through the first half when his free kick from near the touchline was misjudged by goalkeeper Alex Manninger and drifted into the top corner.
Manninger, who has admirably filled in for the injured Gianluigi Buffon for the past three months, was only playing because the fit-again Italy keeper went down with a fever.
Sweden defender Olof Mellberg headed in the equaliser on the half hour for second-placed Juve, who hit the post through Nicola Legrottaglie in the second half among other chances.
Last season's runners-up AS Roma, who had a terrible start to the campaign, are now just five points off a Champions League place after a wonderful overhead kick from Julio Baptista in injury time sealed a 1-0 win at lowly Torino.
AC Milan in third are six points behind Inter after a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Saturday in what could be Kaka's last game for the club if Manchester City's huge bid is successful.
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Come to Liverpool...love him or hate him, the BPL is more interesting with him in the league...fact!
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STUNNED?
what's so shocked?
expecting inter not to lose for the whole season? or only expect them to lose to big clubs? -
Shock because they are not expected to lose to smaller clubs... Inter has won the last 3 Serie A easily. This year with Jose having spent a lot of the club's money, they are expected to win the title easier but so far, some of his new signing have been flops... Big money signings like Mancini and Quaresma are not doing well and he is depending on former coach players... Ibrahimovic, Julio Cruz to provide the attacking options. And he still has Adriano on his hands which he don't seem to know what to do with his behaviour...
Juve despite having a number of injuries to their important players like Buffon (who was still out in their last match) and Del Piero are now 3 points behind Inter only... They had a very bad start to the season due to injuries to many of their first team players earlier in the season and Ranieri was even consider for the sack but it seems like they have recover and have climb to 2nd place and within 3 points of Inter... All this while Buffon was out for like 3 months or so already so it would be quite surprising and probably unexpected if Inter allows Juve to overtake them...
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Mourinho And Branca Involved In Furious Inter Spat
Mourinho and Branca have been involved in a bitter spat over the club's views on the market...
Inter coach Jose Mourinho and sporting director Marco Branca are on the war path after a bitter dispute over the club's transfer policies.
The 'Special One' is uncomfortable with Inter's stance on the market. Sportmediaset claims Mourinho has been involved in a nasty spat with Branca where tempers flared over the plans to trim the size of the squad.
Mourinho wants to get rid of players in an attempt to enjoy a more managable squad, but Inter are not keen on sending out players on loan: it's here where the two men collided.
Reports suggest the coach demanded his club get rid of Hernan Crespo, Nicolas Burdisso, Marco Materazzi and Olivier Dacourt.
However, Branca disagreed. Inter are not in the mood to pay players wages if they go out on loan,and as well as this, the club will risk losing out when the players' contracts expire. In other words, he sells now, or does nothing.
Inter president Massimo Moratti will now have to put his foot down and intervene. The chief is unlikely to be impressed, he is still annoyed with Sunday's defeat and already made that clear earlier this week.
The instability behind the scenes are likely to affect the club on the pitch. Tensions around the Adriano saga have settled, but a new soap opera is about to begin.
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Hernan Crespo very suay...
from Chelsea kena loan to Inter, and now at Inter have to leave because of Mourinho.
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Mourinho -.-
nvr play soccer before still so kp -
Originally posted by limpper:
Mourinho -.-
nvr play soccer before still so kp
He was a footballer leh but a mediocre footballer...but most good managers was a mediocre football player before switching to management. SAF, Rafa, Wenger, Moyes... -
SAF -> Highlight
The 1965–66 season saw Ferguson notch up 45 goals in 51 games for Dunfermline. Along with Joe McBride of Celtic, he was the top goalscorer in the Scottish League with 31 goals.
Rafa -> unsure whether he ever became a professional.. can anyone confirmed whether he play in la liga?
Wenger -> Wenger turned professional in 1978, making his debut for RC Strasbourg against Monaco [8]. He only made twelve appearances for the team, including two as they won the Ligue 1 title in 1978-79, and played once in the UEFA Cup in the same season. In 1981, he obtained a manager's diploma and was appointed the coach of the club's youth team. [9]
Moyes -> Moyes enjoyed an unremarkable career as a journeyman centre half, that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal, and ended with Preston North End, with whom he secured his first managerial position. Moyes made over 550 league appearances in his career before becoming a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998.
Jose ->
He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father by becoming a footballer and he joined the Belenenses youth team. Graduating to the senior level, he played at Rio Ave, where his father was coach, Belenenses and Sesimbra but it became evident that he would not excel as a professional, lacking the requisite pace and power.[6][7] Conceding to his shortcomings, he chose to pursue the dream of becoming a professional football coach instead.[3] His mother had different ideas altogether and enrolled him in a business school. Mourinho attended the school but dropped out on his first day, deciding he would rather focus on sport, and chose to attend the Instituto Superior de Educação Física (ISEF) to study sports science.[4] He taught physical education at various schools and after five years he had earned his diploma, receiving consistently good marks throughout the course.[5] After attending coaching courses held by the English and Scottish Football Associations, former Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh took note of the young Portuguese's drive and attention to detail.[8] Mourinho sought to redefine the role of coach in football, mixing coaching theory with motivational and psychological techniques.[3]
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
SAF -> Highlight
The 1965–66 season saw Ferguson notch up 45 goals in 51 games for Dunfermline. Along with Joe McBride of Celtic, he was the top goalscorer in the Scottish League with 31 goals.
Rafa -> unsure whether he ever became a professional.. can anyone confirmed whether he play in la liga?
Wenger -> Wenger turned professional in 1978, making his debut for RC Strasbourg against Monaco [8]. He only made twelve appearances for the team, including two as they won the Ligue 1 title in 1978-79, and played once in the UEFA Cup in the same season. In 1981, he obtained a manager's diploma and was appointed the coach of the club's youth team. [9]
Moyes -> Moyes enjoyed an unremarkable career as a journeyman centre half, that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal, and ended with Preston North End, with whom he secured his first managerial position. Moyes made over 550 league appearances in his career before becoming a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998.
Jose ->
He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father by becoming a footballer and he joined the Belenenses youth team. Graduating to the senior level, he played at Rio Ave, where his father was coach, Belenenses and Sesimbra but it became evident that he would not excel as a professional, lacking the requisite pace and power.[6][7] Conceding to his shortcomings, he chose to pursue the dream of becoming a professional football coach instead.[3] His mother had different ideas altogether and enrolled him in a business school. Mourinho attended the school but dropped out on his first day, deciding he would rather focus on sport, and chose to attend the Instituto Superior de Educação Física (ISEF) to study sports science.[4] He taught physical education at various schools and after five years he had earned his diploma, receiving consistently good marks throughout the course.[5] After attending coaching courses held by the English and Scottish Football Associations, former Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh took note of the young Portuguese's drive and attention to detail.[8] Mourinho sought to redefine the role of coach in football, mixing coaching theory with motivational and psychological techniques.[3]
hmm, it seems SAF come out tops again..