Haiti Tempo Staff
Jose Mourinho, the Head coach of Chelsea FC spoke to the media as well after the loss to his former team in the final of the International Championship Cup. The quotes are posted below.
CHELSEA HEAD COACH JOSE MOURINHO
(On Cristiano Ronaldo’s performance) – “He’s a great player. He’s scored goals all his life, so when he scores it’s not big news and when he doesn’t score it’s big news. We made two mistakes for his goals. On the first we gave a free kick in a position where he’s happy to have it, and on the second goal I told them that every cross he tries to get into space because he’s very good in the air. For me it’s perfect because we have mistakes to speak about and to work on.”
(On the preseason) – “As I was saying last week after victories, we have five victories in preseason and zero points. So now we have five victories, one defeat, and still zero points. So that’s not a drama we have to worry about.”
(On if the loss meant more coming against his former club) – “My former club plays in a competition different than my competition. They play in La Liga, we play in the Premier [League]. I always wish good to my previous clubs, so there is no difference and the friendly doesn’t hurt. If we meet them in the Champions League and we lose, that is a different story.”
(On being with Chelsea and his thoughts about Real Madrid)—“I work for Chelsea, I give everything to Chelsea, I love to be here and I’m so happy to be back. I wish the best to Real Madrid. I have so many people that I like in the club starting with the president and finishing with the most humble employee. I have no problems to say that I hope they win La Liga. I won’t say Champions League, because we also play in the Champions League. In La Liga, I hope they win because I’m not there anymore, but I didn’t change for the enemy.”
(On if he met with Mario Balotelli and what he said to him) – “I was with Mario a couple of minutes and I was happy that he is happy. I wished him good. I tried to help him when he was with me and we had some ups and downs, like anyone has with a special character like Mario has. I felt like he has a good stability and is going in a good direction with a stable club like AC Milan who can support him and get the best out of a very good potential player.”
(On if he was bothered by the celebrations of Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo during the match) – “You see things that I don’t see. I came here today to work and analyze my team. Not even to analyze the opponent. We need to work and we need these kind of experiences. We came to the [United] States searching for good matches. We took Inter, Real, Milan and now Roma. We have these matches that we want and need so much. I don’t come here to see reactions. You see what you see, but you don’t see how many players come into my dressing room at the end of the match.”
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