I've just woken up. As I always do, I check for news on sportinglife.com. The whole page was about one man and for asecond, my mind went blank.
This was the man who had brought so much glory to Chelsea, who won everything that a coach could have won (except for the Champions League). The man who, with his wit, his bizarre quotes (comparing players to eggs - teams to omelettes) and with his wholehearted approach, has done more for English football than any foreign coach (ok, Rafa's done great, too). He's dazzled us so many times and hardly were there any times when it went wrong for Chelsea.
You could see the typical Mourinho eveytime. He is the complete opposite of being pretentious.
Everytime something was on his mind, he'd say it. If it weren't for him, Sir Alex Ferguson wouldn't have had any decent opponents (Wenger's Arsenal are improving again, though).
Even the Manchester United boss said earlier in season what a shame would be if Jose left.
The fierce Portugiese left no stones unturned on his path of glory. When Mr. Abramovich came
to Chelsea in 2003, he had a perfect vision. To turn a football club into a world beating team.
And he succeeded to some extent, too. Chelsea were never far off the pace, always challenging
for the titles, last year even for Treble.
Now Chelsea's board have a tough task on their hands. Terry, Lampard and Drogba were Mourinho's not only best players, but also the ones he got best on with. It's hard to see Chelsea
challenging for anything now, so Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool now have a big
chance.
Still, one could argue that a manager doesn't make the team. But when a guy infuences
the team so much as Mourinho did, there's a big chance that Abramovich will now bite his
nails and do some crazy-russian-terror like thing to frighten the next coach. Also, there's a
feeling in the air that Chelsea never had the tradition to challenge for European glory, as they had no real basis to win it(they only got the domestic cups). True, they had players
who could do it and still can, but in reality, the magnitude of history like of Manchester United's
and Liverpool's has been, up until now, too much for Chelsea.
As I'm a Manchester United fan, you probably know what I think of Chelseas, Arsenals and others of the world football. True, I never liked Mourinho's style = efficient, but not so stylish.
I was always irritated when Chelsea were on the top of the league.
But still I feel a little bit sad due to his departure, as the England Premiership will be different
without him. So long Jose!
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