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The Tottenham coach has explained how he was devastated after a defeat in the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich in 2012.
José Mourinho has revealed the only time he cried after losing a game during his coaching career: the Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich in 2012 while he was coach of Real Madrid.
The German giants advanced to the final of the competition that year after beating Madrid on penalties, with the semi-final draw tied to overtime and kicking after a 2-1 victory for Mourinho’s men in the 90th minute.
With the first leg ending 2-1 next to the Bundesliga, Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice within 14 minutes at the Bernabéu to put the hosts ahead in a draw.
Arjen Robben hit from the penalty spot after 27 minutes to level things out at 3-3 together, with Ronaldo, Kaka and Sergio Ramos missing 12 yards when the game went to penalties.
Bastian Schweinsteiger was on hand to score the winning kick and set up a meeting with Chelsea in the final, a game the Blues would win at the Allianz Arena in a game that was again decided by spot kicks.
Looking back in defeat, the Tottenham coach told him Brand: “Unfortunately, that is soccer. Cristiano, Kaká, Sergio Ramos … three complete soccer monsters, of that there is no doubt, but they are also human.
“That night is the only time in my coaching career that I cried after a loss. I remember it well … Aitor [Karanka, Madrid assistant at the time] and I parked in front of my house, in the car, crying.
“It was very difficult because we were the best that season.”
It turned out to be one of the few problems in an outstanding season for Madrid, which won the League title and won 100 points, nine more than Barcelona, setting the record for a unique top-tier season in Spain.
The Whites also scored 121 goals in the competition in that famous 2011-12 campaign, another La Liga record, while they would end up losing only twice in the league, against Levante and Barça, respectively.
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Mourinho led Madrid between 2010 and 2013 and won 128 of his 178 matches for the Spanish club.
He would then go on to coach Chelsea for the second time in his career, earning a third Premier League title for the Blues, before joining Manchester United in 2016, a period that would last just over two seasons before his dismissal in December. 2018.
The 57-year-old replaced Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham in November 2019, guiding the club to eighth in the Premier League table before the coronavirus pandemic that stopped soccer worldwide.
