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Coach José Mourinho sarcastically commented that his peak season is over, and at the same time he is confident in the defensive counter-attack tactics being applied at Tottenham.
“When people resented that I was out of time, I won three trophies with Manchester United,” said José Mourinho. BT sport 7/12 days. “My time is up, but I won the League Cup, the Community Shield and the Europa League. That’s when my heyday ended. Now that I think about it, there are coaches who never did that in their entire careers.”
Mourinho has won 25 major titles, including two Champions League with Porto (2004) and Inter (2010). Tottenham is the eighth club they have trained, after Benfica, Uniao de Leira, Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Real and Man Utd. In particular, he went through two stages leading Chelsea, 2004-2007 and 2013-2015. However, in the three closest clubs, the Portuguese army was fired for poor achievements. Therefore, it was ridiculed by many for being outdated.
Coach Mourinho is starting off successfully with Tottenham this season. Image: objective.
Mourinho has led Tottenham since November 2019, replacing Mauricio Pochettino. He moved the club up from 14th to 6th place in the Premier League, which means a place in the Europa League. But in the Champions League, they lost 0-4 after two games against RB Lepzig in the round of 16. It was the sixth consecutive year that Mourinho failed to win the knockout round of the Champions League with his teams.
The second season at Tottenham, things are going very well for Mourinho. After 11 rounds, he and his students held the top of the Premier League. They also entered the 1/16 Europa League round. Mourinho’s defensive style is being handled well by the Tottenham player. In the last game against Arsenal on December 6, their army only held the ball by 35% but easily won 2-0.
“The story of playing time is more to the philosophers of sport than I am,” Mourinho responded when asked about Tottenham’s deep defensive play. “Nobody has heard me say ‘I fail even with superior ball control.’ It’s always a question of what you do when you have the ball. We counterattack well because there are so many fast players. We have finished with the opponent. Sometimes it is necessary to defend deeply.
Tottenham performed well against great opponents this season. Before coming down to Arsenal, Mourinho’s teachers and students defeated Man City 2-0, drew Chelsea 0-0 and crushed Man Utd 6-1. The last four Premier League games, the Tottenham defender did not concede. They are ranked higher than Liverpool thanks to better goal difference.
“I feel calm,” Mourinho said of Totteham’s top spot. “Obviously Tottenham is Tottenham and people are not used to the team in this position. But I’m used to that. Maybe a lot of people feel strange. If the situation repeats itself many times, it will help calm down.” Player safety ”.
Tottenham will host Royal Antwerp in the final round of the Europa League group stage on 10 December. Mourinho’s team needs to win to take the top of the table out of the opponent’s hand. Less than three days after this match, Tottenham went to Crystal Palace in round 12 of the Premier League.
Vy anh (Theo Sports Mail)
