Forgot about this! Well in the last week we've had this:
Alberto Zaccheroni wrote an article in an Italian newspaper after the Inter-Barcelona game stating that he thought Inter were too submissive and defensive. Mourinho replied:
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"He criticises and forgets his own past. I remember that he lost 5-1 at home against Arsenal and this memorable defeat is remembered in Inter's history. And this guy is giving me lessons in football and telling me how I should play.
He is so intelligent that he talks and forgets his own history. It's incredible. He said that Inter had played badly, but Julio Cesar only had to make two saves against Barcelona. But now he is so tired that we cannot play him against Cagliari."
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Zaccheroni has today replied:
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"I simply gave my view, as it was asked of me, on Inter-Barcelona and certainly not Inter-Arsenal. I have never had the gall to criticise the work of my colleagues. From now on it won’t be a problem, I too will behave like one who has been ‘intellectually manipulated’.
I will say that Inter always play incredibly well, so that way I won’t run the risk of seeing my career or personality brought into question based on the result of one match.
Considering the way Mourinho acts, he would’ve been happy in the Italy of 80 years ago, when the ‘plebiscite’ was considered normal. I do not understand why a simple opinion expressed by others should prompt such a hysterical and off topic reaction.”
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Nicely done there Alberto. This one will probably end with Mourinho throwing his toys out of his pram in a press conference today, along the lines of "I won't respond to people who aren't as fantastic as me."
Twat.
Also from earlier this week, Mourinho said this:
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"Our group is no joke: there is no Zurich…"
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Today, Adriano Galliani replied with:
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"There is a more than valid reason why we have been drawn with Zurich: we are the only Italian side among the top seeds.
And I would also like to point out that Zurich are the Swiss champions. And I remind anyone having a short memory that Milan have won ten international trophies in the last ten years, while those who are winning in Italy are still stuck on zero.
It’s true that in life you can never get fully satisfied, but whoever complains or criticises needs to be reminded of these details."
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Luciano Moggi summed Mourinho up in his own way last weekend:
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He is better at public relations than as a coach. He is a nice guy who says things in order to defend his team.
The most talented coaches have gone. I still think that Lippi is the best, then Capello and Ancelotti.
Among the younger ones, I like [Genoa's Gian Piero] Gasperini a lot. I know him well - he used to coach the Juventus youth team. He doesn't fear his opponents and conveys a good game."
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There have also been comments over the weekend about how the fixture list hurts Inter more than any other team - except it doesn't.
19-08-2009, 18:45
