Hail Mourinho !!!!!

Kai Yakamashii · 01-14-2005, 09:22 AM

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With regard to Ferguson, Mourinho said: "He can play mind games alone or with other managers, but not with me.

"I don't see Chelsea having a blip. I can see us losing one game.

"I can see that. I can see Chelsea lose a game any day, any game.

"But I cannot see Chelsea losing two or three consecutive games.

"So when people think we will tremble or lose a game and be under pressure and lose the next one, it is almost impossible because we are very strong.

"Losing a game is possible but not the real blip of losing seven points in three weeks - no chance.

"We have some space to make one mistake, they have no space, they cannot make mistakes.

"If the difference in points goes from seven to 10 then it is much more difficult for them.

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Kai Yakamashii · 01-17-2005, 05:03 AM

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Jose Mourinho believes that Chelsea are favourites to prevail in their UEFA Champions league quarter final with Barcelona

Mourinho went to check up on his European opponents on Sunday night and watched the Catalans secure a late 1-0 win over Real Sociedad

"Barca are going well, they must win the league this year," Mourinho stated.

"Seven points is not 20, but it's an important difference and they have the margin to commit an error or two.

"What's more, this year I can detect a special relationship between everyone at the club. I don't see many weak points in this Barca.

"I have confidence and optimism in my team to say that we have a minimal advantage in the tie. "We have a 51 percent chance, and Barca 49 percent."

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Kai Yakamashii · 01-20-2005, 05:26 AM

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is feeling "no pressure" at the top of the table - and insisted it is Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson who should be worrying.

Wenger and Ferguson have both tried to unsettle Mourinho over recent weeks, claiming he will start to feel the pressure as he lacks their experience in Premiership title races.

However, he said: "I have never felt that pressure. They can say what they want, it doesn't interfere with what I think.

"This may be my first year in England but I have the experience of other leagues. For me, there is no pressure to lead. The pressure is being second or third.

"Every week, you have to win and then be on television or radio, asking for the leader to lose points. When you lead, you can forget the other teams.

"I don't see Arsenal or Manchester United on television, I am not waiting for their results on the radio. I just want to play. If we win, the job for that week is done.

"So I don't feel pressure and I carry on saying that to the players. Now we have a 10-point lead, I tell the players that we can afford to make a mistake.

"Even if we lose a game, like we did at Manchester City, we have to win the next one and we still have a seven-point lead."

Mourinho, who last season lifted both the Portuguese title and the Champions League with Porto, believed he could win the Premiership in his first season from the very start.

"Since the first day, we have just thought about winning the championship," he told Chelsea TV.

"We believed we could do that, in spite of competing against Manchester United and Arsenal, who have had a lot of years with the same managers and players, and didn't need time to adapt."

Now Chelsea have established a 10-point lead, only a collapse akin to Newcastle's self-destruction in 1995-96, when they blew a 12-point advantage over United, can unseat them.

Mourinho insisted: "In this league, we cannot sleep. Of course, 10 points is 10 points, it is better than seven and it is better than five.

"But if one day we lose a game or two points and the gap goes from 10 to seven or eight, we are ready to accept it as natural and keep going, controlling the distance.

"The reality is that if it goes from 10 to 12 or 13 points then maybe it [the title race] is over."

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Kai Yakamashii · 01-25-2005, 05:17 AM

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Mourinho is best, claim stattos

Jose Mourinho has been voted the best coach in the world in 2004 by the International Football Federation of History and Statistics (IFFHS).

The Chelsea manager beat Arsenal's Arsene Wenger with a 186-point advantage, while Monaco's Didier Deschamps finished in third position.

Mourinho, who last season guided Porto to the European Cup, has guided Chelsea to a 10-point lead at the top of the Premiership.

Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, whose team are dominating the Primera Liga, came fourth while ex-Valencia coach and now Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez finished in fifth position.

The top non-European was Argentinian Carlos Bianchi, coach of Boca Juniors, in sixth followed by Once Caldas boss Luis Fernando Montoya.

Carlo Ancelotti, who led Milan to the Serie A title last season, was eighth while Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson and new Real Madrid coach Wanderley Luxemburgo completed the top 10.

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Kai Yakamashii · 01-28-2005, 10:44 PM

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Jose Mourinho has finally predicted that his Chelsea side will become the club's first champions for 50 years.

On the day Mourinho was hit with a charge of improper conduct for claiming Manchester United's players cheated in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge, the Chelsea manager claimed for the first time that the title was theirs for the taking.

Chelsea, 10 points clear of nearest rivals and reigning champions Arsenal, are odds-on favourites to win Premiership and now Mourinho agrees with the bookies.

The Blues need to win 11 of their remaining games to walk off with their first title since 1955.

Mourinho said: "I think we will win the league, I think so.

"At this moment it is easier to win the league than the Champions League or even the FA Cup.

"When you have a lead of 10 points, it is easier than the start of the season when everybody has the same points.

"It will still be difficult because we have to win 11 matches. But my players are very committed, it is like a crusade to win something.

"They don't need me to motivate them now. They have their own self-belief and are very, very strong. The mental side is always very important."

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Kai Yakamashii · 02-02-2005, 04:54 AM

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Hughes a Mourinho fan

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has hailed the achievements of his Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho ahead of the two clubs' Premiership clash at Ewood Park on Wednesday.

Hughes has joined the growing band of Mourinho admirers after the way the Portuguese coach has taken his side to the verge of the title in his first season in charge.

And he admitted his own side face a massive test of their own recent level of improvement after their 4-0 drubbing at Stamford Bridge in October.

Hughes said: "Jose Mourinho is a very impressive guy who has had a huge impact on his team and given them a fantastic team spirit.

"Everyone has been really impressed by Mourinho and the players he has brought into the club and they are going to be very difficult to beat to the Championship."

And former Blue Hughes singled out one player in particular who he feared in Wednesday's clash.

Dutchman Arjen Robben made his Chelsea debut in the return fixture against Rovers, coming on as a second-half substitute for Joe Cole.

Since then Robben has gone on to take the Premiership by storm and evolve into a realistic contender for footballer of the year.

Hughes added: "Our game down there was the first introduction of Robben. He only played for 20 minutes but he made an impression in that short space of time."

Striker Paul Dickov is Hughes' main fitness worry as he bids to recover from the nagging groin problem which ruled him out of the weekend FA Cup win over Colchester.

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Kai Yakamashii · 02-20-2005, 12:02 AM

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has stated that home-grown talent will always be part of his squad.

The former Porto boss made the comments in response to Arsene Wenger's decision to field an all-foreign Arsenal side against Crystal Palace on Monday evening.

The Portuguese tactician says he has a responsibility as the manager of an English club to support the England squad by developing home-grown talent at Stamford Bridge.

"We have three or four home players involved in every domestic match," Mourinho said. "I really believe in home players.

"As a foreign manager, I feel responsible for the English clubs and the English national team.

"I would never forget that and the future of youth football at the club.

"The supporters fall in love with players they feel are the club, but I don't think you need to be made in the club to be part of the club.

"I don't think Chelsea supporters have any doubt that Claude Makelele doesn't want to win for Chelsea.

"But it helps having English players. I want to have the best young players in England.

"You have to show young kids and their parents that they have a chance to succeed at this club."

Mourinho also took a bit of a swipe at his Barcelona counterpart in Frank Rijkaard by stating that he has been more successful as a manager.

The Blues face Barcelona in their round of 16 UEFA Champions League tie, with the first leg at Camp Nou next week.

Mourinho, who won last year's title with Porto, is determined to retain European club football's top honour with the West London club.

"Frank Rijkaard's history as a player can't be compared with my history, as his is fantastic and mine is zero," stated Mourinho.

"As a manager though, my history cannot be compared to his. He has zero titles and I have a lot of them.

"First of all, I have to defend what is mine and the Champions League is mine at the moment.

"I'm the last manager to have won it, so it's my competition. I have to fight for Chelsea and for myself, to defend my cup until the last moment.

"Maybe it's because I won the Champions League that I had a big turn in my life and I could come to a big football country like England.

"So the Champions League means a lot to me, it's something unforgettable and something that I want to repeat."

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Kai Yakamashii · 02-20-2005, 12:04 AM

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Chelsea have been rewarded for their superb January with a trio of awards in the month.

Portuguese tactician Jose Mourinho has collected the Manager of the Month award while John Terry has been named the outstanding player.

Not content with doing the double, Czech Republic keeper Petr Cech has received a special Merit Award.

Chelsea were irresistible over the four-week period with seven wins and just the one draw, that coming against Manchester United in the Carling Cup.

Terry, who continues to impress this season, helped The Blues to four clean sheets while he also bagged their second goal against Birmingham.

Meanwhile, Cech has been given the special Merit Award for achieving 10 consecutive clean sheets in The Premiership - a new top-flight record.

"Chelsea have had a blistering start to 2005, with Jose Mourinho's tactical sharpness, John Terry's inspirational presence and the record-breaking Petr Cech," explained Nic Gault of the awards panel.

"They now look favourites to scoop The Barclays Premiership - their first domestic league honour for nearly 50 years."

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Kai Yakamashii · 02-20-2005, 12:06 AM

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hit back at Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o ahead of next week's Champions League tie - insisting Frank Rijkaard's managerial achievements cannot be compared to his own.

Cameroon striker Eto'o had turned up the heat ahead of the last-16 first-leg tie by insisting the Spanish giants would prevail due to their greater attacking power.

Eto'o added: "Mourinho may have had a lot of success in the past with teams at home and in Europe. But I think that Rijkaard knows more about football than the Chelsea boss and how to treat his players properly."

Mourinho responded: "Frank Rijkaard's history as a player can't be compared with my history as his is fantastic and mine is zero.

"As a manager though, my history cannot be compared to his. He has zero titles and I have a lot of them."

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Kai Yakamashii · 02-20-2005, 12:11 AM

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has warned Barcelona of his determination to reach the Champions League final again - as "I have to defend what is mine".

Mourinho won the European crown with Porto last season and is looking to keep hold of the title with his new club.

He must first overcome another of his former clubs, Spanish giants Barcelona, in their two-legged last-16 clash, starting with next week's trip to the Nou Camp.

But Mourinho, who declared himself to be "special" when he arrived at Stamford Bridge, insisted: "I have to defend what is mine and the Champions League is mine at the moment.

"I'm the last manager to have won it so it's my competition. I have to fight for Chelsea and for myself, to defend my cup until the last moment.

"Maybe it's because I won the Champions League that I had a big turn in my life and I could come to a big football country like England.

"So the Champions League means a lot to me, it's something unforgettable and something I want to repeat."

Mourinho, 42, added: "I'm still very young as a manager. I think that I have 15 more years to work in football so I hope to have the taste again.

"It's always very difficult to win the Champions League. A lot of fantastic managers in the world couldn't win a single one.

"You must have good players and luck at the right moment. It's always a fantastic achievement. What we did at Porto is history, but football is about the future and we must try to do it again."

Mourinho, who was at the Nou Camp between 1996 and 2000, firstly as an assistant to Sir Bobby Robson and then Louis van Gaal, believes Barcelona fans still respect his achievements at the club.

The Chelsea boss, who then managed Benfica and Porto before coming to Stamford Bridge last summer, declared: "I was at Barcelona for four years and we won a lot of things.

"I don't think that supporters forget people involved in good things. It was a great time that I spent there.

"That was the last time they won the Spanish league [1999], a European cup [the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997] or the Spanish cup [1998].

"They are very warm people, very polite and very open to foreign people. A lot of people are happy there that my life went better when I left Barcelona."

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