- May 17, 2005
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Desperate negativity of his approach to playing Liverpool at home is José Mourinho’s management style in microcosm.
“If we tried to play the way we did in the last 20 minutes from the beginning,” he said, “I think we would collapse. Because the players are not used to playing in this style and they are not adapted. I think we did the maximum we could do.”
This is, of course, the founding principle of Mourinho-ball: the opposition are infinitely strong, we are infinitely weak.
The Guardian
“If we tried to play the way we did in the last 20 minutes from the beginning,” he said, “I think we would collapse. Because the players are not used to playing in this style and they are not adapted. I think we did the maximum we could do.”
This is, of course, the founding principle of Mourinho-ball: the opposition are infinitely strong, we are infinitely weak.
The Guardian