Tactician Jose Mourinho Accused Of Assault
DID Jose Mourinho lose more that his cool when his Inter Milan side lost to Manchester United in the Champions League?
Of course, Mourinho was never cool. He was tetchy and petulant, but thanks to those pauses in speech that make a foreign coach look thoughtful and an English coach thick and his nice scarf Mourinho was considered a spark of genius.
It has been alleged the Inter Milan manager punched a supporter as he left Old Trafford stadium after his team’s defeat by Manchester United.
Says a statement from Inter:
“At the end of the game, the Portuguese tactician gave interviews to the European media, signed autographs, watched the penalties of the Roma v Arsenal game before saluting (Sir Alex) Ferguson in his office.
“After giving the last interview to Inter Channel, he entered the team bus that was parked outside the dressing rooms and hence it was a very calm post-game experience.”
The Tactician. Mourinho may like that, a title that hints at a man possessed of equal parts modest super hero qualities and thoughtfulness. The man sat at the back of the coach on the way back from the team bonding session, dressed in a navy blue adidas tracksuit, making notes with a blunt pencil in a small black book with red strip of elastic down one side.
Mourinho the shy, retiring, humble, gracious manger would like that. The Tactician “saluting” Ferguson, and not in any ironic, foul-fingered or sarcastic way, but with crisp Mr Ken Bailey type snap. Mourinho knows the game is not all about him, most of it, granted, but not all.
It is the “calm post-game experience” we have come to appreciate in Mourinho, and referee Anders Frisk woudl only agree.
As for the alleged victim, they are said to have chanted, “You’re going home, you’re going home” to the former Chelsea manager.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said:
“Just before midnight on Wednesday 11 March 2009 a man reported he’d been punched in the face outside Old Trafford. Police are investigating this common assault allegation. Inquiries are ongoing.”
And Mourinho..? Well, he takes it all on this chin, which is pulled some way above his eyes…
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March 15th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Haha, both points taken, Percy, well played
I can’t really see Jose properly punching anyone either, and being told about going home is not as bad as “You’re not special anymore”, lol.
I agree about the respect thing, or the not just taking it thing, within reason, because that’s what I like about the UK (circumstances or common sense). The Cantona kick had a virtue about it, because it was his team mate being abused as well, plus it didn’t really connect, it was more the reflective reaction to do a flying kick to get over the hoarding and at the fan.
Major got on the soapbox and got egged; he crumpled away into the security men, 2 Jags instantly threw out a punch at his own egger (which again didn’t really connect, lol), being the sort of Union man who had had it with people in pubs before then. I know who I’d rather have a pint with or face down North Korea… maybe…
Cantona never played for Tottenham, and he’s very French, so he probably has one (foreskin) to go with the bike and stripey jumper with the seagulls flocking behind. Allegedly…
March 14th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
…and his foreskin….if he had one ? maybe u know Petro?
March 14th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Who can forget King Eric…..and his Kung Fu kick
March 14th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
What the fuck are you talking about Petro…..JoMo only flapped at the twat…hardly hurt him….worse happens on the pitch sometimes and off it all the time….its commonly known as earning a bit of respect……
March 14th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
“Saying we’ve got a foreskin; you don’t” to Pope-loving Italians?
They’ve got theirs too, that only works up the Lane, really.
I feel like that Roman Centurion correcting Brian’s Grafitti.
Telling Catholics you’ve got a foreskin? That makes no sense, does it now? Go away and chant that correctly at the Lillywhites or Hapoel Tel Aviv (or Febernache even) 100 times…
Referees and Managers are fair game in the car park. It’s an unwritten Law. Mourinho should’ve just remembered how minted he was and just stepped into the coach, or done a Ray Wilkins and remonstrated with them like he did that time with the Millwall fans.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I wonder if they will be showing highlights….I’d pay to see JoMo twatting a manu fan in slow mo….although the cameras probably missed the action during a commercial break.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
..some limp dick hungry for his 15mins of fame, no doubt….
March 13th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I couldn’t be an Arsenal supporter as they were all ‘Running round Roma with our …. hangin’ out…… ‘
March 12th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I bet this fuckwit who thinks he can take on JoMo is really an Arsenal fan in disguise.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
What has happened to football fans lately?..they used to love a bit of banter and a good punch up after a game .. if this soft git thinks he can pin an assault charge on JoMo…then he probably is’nt from Manchester and he knows fuck all about football.