José Mourinho : My Inspiration

Not a bad topic to start blogging this year !! Jose Mourinho, many of you always ask me about this guy and why I always praise him so much (Mainly those of you not quite interested in football or soccer). But anybody who knows about football, must know the MAN and his heroics on and off the field. For some time now he is hailed as one of the best managers in the game of his generation. Actually He is the BEST which the game has seen over some time :)



Full name: José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho
Date of birth: 26 January 1963 (1963-01-26) (age 47)
Place of birth: Setúbal, Portugal

I could always draw some parallels from his life to my life, through all the years I am following his success story. (From the Birthday to his thoughts, his way of going about the things)

Jose, was never a great football player during his 20s. May be pressure was too much for him in his early days to prove himself, that was mainly because his father was great goalkeeper who played for the Portugal National Team and he came from a respectable setubal family to step into his father's foot steps. But it was never meant for him. Struggling career as a player halted by several injury problems.
But then he never lost his hope and went to university of coimbra to polish his academics in the field of sports management and fitness. After that he joined Barcelona as a Translator to Sir Bobby Robson and then stayed there for some time.
But still he did not get the break he always wanted to !! (Or may be at that time he never dreamt of)

Then came some small but impressive stincts in Portugal. And one fine day, he was chosen as the Manager of Porto (The most famous Portuguese club in recent years).
He started winning everything that came in his path. I still remember watching that match on TV from Old Trafford, Manchester. Final Minute equalizer from Jorge Costinha.. What an upset!!! Jose was on the planet nine :)

From that moment, he never looked back. Joined Chelsea to win first premiership title with them after 50 long years of unsuccessful run in his first year as a Manager. Some of the folks attribute this to the money of Roman Abrahamovic. But money can't buy you success , this is quite evident how Manchester City fared despite sheikh pouring down his oil riches in the club !!
For me it was simply Jose's Masterclass that prevailed in the end.. His tactics were out of this world. No one have seen such technical prowess till that moment of time.
Sir Alex team's were full of flair but they can be very unpredictable at times. Especially they were too much depended on Flair and Individual brilliances of the likes of Cantona,Beckham,C.Ronaldo and now Rooney.. You don't relate them with team spirit and controlled performances!! Sir Alex is one of the best in the game but even his teams are not as well coached as Jose's bunch. They say that Players are willing to run into brickwalls if Jose's set them to do so !! Such is the greatness of the man and his players always rely on him for that spark of inspiration..
He also has fan support behind him wherever he goes. He is a Master of Man Management.

Now he is at Inter and again basking in glory of success. This year he will be gunning for an unprecedented Treble for Inter !! Wish him all the good luck.
He has already won a double while I am preparing this blog..

He is the MAN in the game. Its all about winning. If you are playing within the rules set by FIFA and geting the results , no one should complain about the style.
His teams go their to WIN the prize and not to play some Idiotic attacking football when there is no need. The great Barca was made padestrian many times by an outfit coached by Jose. Even their demi GOD Messi could not found the way out of Jose's Maze.. That speaks a million words about the man he is..

Jose is never afraid of speaking , whats on his mind. Sometimes people like it and sometimes people don't. But it is not always easy as it looks. If you fail to achieve success , speaking your mind out can have disasterous effects. But then People who dream big can only achieve big. If you always live in cagey world you will never know what is freedom, isn't it? Higher the Risk, Bigger is the reward..
Thats the principle of life !! Take your life by the scruff of the neck and don't let the life and situation dictate it.. You put your foot forward before someone else does that. Jose is all about controlled aggression and positiveness.
His famous quote which I love so much "Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm champion and I think I'm the special one !!"
Jose always inspires me.. It is not at all wrong calling yourself "The Best" when you can see the mediocracy around you. There is nothing shameful about it. It increases the stakes against you but then when you are confident of achieving success then why bother fools barking around!! The taste of such success is always better and ever satisfying. (Its like while playing cricket saying the bowler that I can hit you 6 fours in the over and then executing your plan with finesse). Some of you might call it over confidence but I call it calculated risk. After a thoughtful assessment of the situation you can make certain comments and with confidence in your abilities and knowing your limitations you can achieve success. So whats the point in holding back yourself !! Its not about arrogance, its about asserting yourself :)

Jose Mourinho Is God !! You cant beat Barcelona 3-1 at San Siro by playing so called "Anti-Football". It is called strategy and tactics. Barcelona should hide their face having riches of Messi and youngsters at their disposal and still could not break ageing defence of Inter.. Salute the Coach !! And if there are people who dont want to see the "Brand of football" they had seen at Nou Camp, there are people like me who simply love that kind of football.. It all in the mind n you need master tactician for it.It was wonderful to see the dedication and application of 10-man Inter at Nou Camp to pull the awesome victory over Barca in two legs. What a perfect implimentation of boardroom plans.

One more thing that I can relate with Jose is our Mercurial Nature and Big Mouth attitude. But its a part of mind game. I know we increase the stakes when we comment on something.But the success is even bigger when you achieve what you have said.
"Higher the risk ,higher the benefits !! "

People who follow him love him to the core.. People who hate him do that to the core.
But he will always remain "THE SPECIAL ONE".

THE SPECIAL ONE's Achievements:


Managerial honours

Portugal Porto (2002-2004)

* Portuguese Liga (2): 2002/03, 2003/04
* Portuguese Cup (1): 2002/03
* Portuguese SuperCup (1): 2003
* UEFA Cup (1): 2002/03
* UEFA Champions League (1): 2003/04


England Chelsea (2004-2007)

* FA Premier League (2): 2004/05, 2005/06
* FA Cup (1): 2006/07
* League Cup (2): 2004/05, 2006/07
* FA Community Shield (1): 2005


Italy Internazionale (2008-)

* Serie A (2): 2008/09, 2009/10
* Coppa Italia (1): 2009/10
* Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2008

Individual honours

* UEFA Manager of the Year (1): 2003

* UEFA Champions League Manager of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04

* UEFA Team of the Year Coach of the Year (3): 2003, 2004, 2005

* Onze d'Or European Coach (1): 2005

* IFFHS World Manager of the Year (2): 2004, 2005

* World Soccer Magazine Coach of the Year (2): 2004, 2005

* BBC Sports Personality of Year Coach Award (1): 2005

* Premier League Manager of the Year (2): 2004–05, 2005–06

* Premier League Manager of the Month (3): November 2004, January 2005,
March 2007

* Serie A Manager of the Year (1): 2009

* International Sports Press Association Best Manager in the World (1): 2010

Special Awards

* honoris causa - degree by the Technical University of Lisbon for his
accomplishments in football

Courtsey: Wikipedia.org

Salute to THE SPECIAL ONE !!
( P.S : Hire him as a coach of Indian Cricket Team..Bet he can do Magic!!)