Mourinho and Inter take their places amongst the Gods. “The most beautiful defeat of my life,” said José Mourinho after he’d completed his manic circumnavigation of the Nou Camp pitch and pointed to the heavens. For once, not many could disagree with his bravado and bluster.
How Inter – a 10-man, under the cosh Inter who were facing the best team and the best player in the world – survived this is a question that everyone at Barcelona will be asking today. How did Barça only win 1-0 on the night? The answer can be found in one word: Mourinho.
While it is true that journalists fall at his feet, several of his more banal remarks can get dressed up as mythical, magical utterances and he has created a persona that hogs the headlines above anything that his team or players can achieve, the Portuguese played it perfectly in this one. Both on and off the pitch.
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