A thread of some of José Mourinho ‘s best comments in press conferences
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Porto (2003)

After his team were doubted in the first few months of the season, José Mourinho responded to the critics and showed his confidence.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">
Porto (2004)

This was José Mourinho’s final press conference with Porto, after he won the champions league. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏆" title="Trophäe" aria-label="Emoji: Trophäe">
Chelsea (2004)

This is “the famous one”.
Where José Mourinho introduced himself to the English Premier League. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☝🏻" title="Zeigefinger nach oben (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Zeigefinger nach oben (heller Hautton)">
Chelsea (2005)

Before the second leg against Barcelona in the UCL round of 16, José Mourinho refused the comparison between himself and Barcelona’s manager Frank Rijkaard. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß">
Chelsea (2005)

The Journalist asked Jose Mourinho “Why Alex Ferguson could speak with referees in half time without ensure from the authorities”.
José : https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍾" title="Flasche mit knallendem Korken" aria-label="Emoji: Flasche mit knallendem Korken">
Chelsea (2006)

Barcelona accused Chelsea of Sabotaging their pitch to gain an advantage before their game in the UCL.
Mourinho won’t let it go, will he?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
Chelsea (2006)

In April 2006, the gap between Mourinho’s Chelsea and Manchester United reduced from 15 points lead to 7 points.

Do you feel under pressure,Jose? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐔" title="Huhn" aria-label="Emoji: Huhn">
Chelsea (2007)

Following a touchline scuffle involving manager Phil Scolari in 2007, José Mourinho had an unexpected question. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">
Chelsea (2007)

José Mourinho faced the press before the game against Rosenberg in the UCL where his side was suffering from injuries to key players and he explained the situation by saying this .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍳" title="Kochen" aria-label="Emoji: Kochen">
Inter (2008)

In the day he announced himself to the Serie A, José Mourinho made it clear to the press that he knows their tricks. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧠" title="Gehirn" aria-label="Emoji: Gehirn">
Inter (2009)

Mourinho responded to the media, Spalleti and Ranieri who accused Mario Balotelli of being a diver, when Inter drew 3-3 with the Spalleti& #39;s Roma. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">
Inter (2010)

Ahead of Mourinho’s Inter second leg against Chelsea in the UCL, José Mourinho was asked about life after leaving Chelsea in 2008. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">
Inter (2010)

José Mourinho played his mind games with Barcelona ahead of the second leg of the UCL semi finals.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😈" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit Hörnern" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit Hörnern">
Real Madrid (2010)

José Mourinho dropped Pedro Leon because his attitude wasn’t up to the accepted level. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">
Real Madrid (2011)

José accused referees of favouring Barcelona after Real Madrid lost 2-0 to Barça in the first leg of their semi-final, where refree Wolfgang Stark sent off Pepe and Mourinho. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❔" title="Weißes Fragezeichen Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Fragezeichen Symbol">
Real Madrid (2012)

José Mourinho decided to take all the pressure himself to protect his team after a couple of bad results. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤍" title="Weißes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Weißes Herz">
Real Madrid (2013)

After José Mourinho dropped Iker Casillas, he knew that some of Iker’s friends in the media will have a go at him.
But Jose was more than ready..https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht">
Real Madrid (2013)

Jose Mourinho was asked about his time and achievements with Real Madrid..https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😤" title="Triumphierendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Triumphierendes Gesicht">
Real Madrid (2013)

After awful performances and shameful attitude by Iker Casillas, José Mourinho decided to get Diego Lopez and made him the first choice goalkeeper which irritated Iker and his friends in the media. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">

Part 1
Real Madrid (2013)

After awful performances and shameful attitude by Iker Casillas, José Mourinho decided to get Diego Lopez and made him the first choice goalkeeper which irritated Iker and his friends in the media. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit herzförmigen Augen">

Part 2
Real Madrid (2013)

While Pepe was injured, José Mourinho gave Raphael Varane a chance to play regularly which he grasped and kept his place even after Pepe recovered.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😯" title="Schweigendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schweigendes Gesicht">
Chelsea (2013)

When asking José Mourinho, make sure you ask the question once.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤐" title="„Schweigen ist Gold“-Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: „Schweigen ist Gold“-Gesicht">
Chelsea (2013)

Arsenal fans were singing ‘boring boring Chelsea’, what’s your take on that ?
José Mourinho: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Symbol für eine Kollision" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für eine Kollision">
Chelsea (2013)

José Mourinho admires Luís Suarez the player but not the diver .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏊🏼‍♂️" title="Schwimmer (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Schwimmer (mittelheller Hautton)">
Chelsea (2014)

José Mourinho wasn’t happy with some managers and some biased pundits.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎭" title="Darstellende Künste" aria-label="Emoji: Darstellende Künste">
Chelsea (2014)

Arsene Wenger said that you’ve fear of failure. What do you think?
José Mourinho: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😡" title="Schmollendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schmollendes Gesicht">
Chelsea (2015)

After seeing his side beating arsenal 2-0, José Mourinho was furious because all the questions were about Diego Costa and Gabriel incident..
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏈" title="American Football" aria-label="Emoji: American Football">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏸" title="Badmintonschläger und Federball" aria-label="Emoji: Badmintonschläger und Federball">
Chelsea (2015)

José Mourinho launches into a classic criticism of Arsene Wenger.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📋" title="Klemmbrett" aria-label="Emoji: Klemmbrett">
Manchester United (2016)

José Mourinho slams “the Einsteins” who keeps criticizing him and his players.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕵🏻‍♂️" title="Man detective (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Man detective (heller Hautton)">
Manchester United (2017)

José Mourinho was described as ‘Judas’ by Chelsea fans.
The Portuguese had his say on that.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">
Manchester United (2018)

José Mourinho reminds the fans and the media of Manchester United’s ‘football heritage’ .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💣" title="Bombe" aria-label="Emoji: Bombe">

Part 1
Manchester United (2018)

José Mourinho reminds the fans and the media of Manchester United’s ‘football heritage’ .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💣" title="Bombe" aria-label="Emoji: Bombe">

Part 2
Manchester United (2018)

José Mourinho reminds the fans and the media of Manchester United’s ‘football heritage’ .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💣" title="Bombe" aria-label="Emoji: Bombe">

Part 3
Manchester United (2018)

José Mourinho didn’t like Manchester City’s movie ‘all or nothing’ where they used his name to ‘sell more’ .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎥" title="Filmkamera" aria-label="Emoji: Filmkamera">
Manchester United (2018)

Why is there a media campaign against David De Gea in Spain, José? .. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🛥" title="Motorboot" aria-label="Emoji: Motorboot">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐀" title="Ratte" aria-label="Emoji: Ratte">
Manchester United (2018)

After starting a war of words with Antonio Conte, José Mourinho got under the Italian’s skin and he ended the war by landing a knockout punch.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥊" title="Boxhandschuh" aria-label="Emoji: Boxhandschuh">
Manchester United (2018)

‘The worst manager in the PL history’ said that Rashford shouldn’t be managed by Jose Mourinho since he’s a winner.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥇" title="Goldmedaille" aria-label="Emoji: Goldmedaille">
Manchester United (2018)

‘Don’t be dramatic, Man United are used to this’.
This was briefly the message from José Mourinho right after his side lost the second leg against Sevilla in UCL round of 16.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌪" title="Wolke mit Tornado" aria-label="Emoji: Wolke mit Tornado">
Manchester United (2018)

‘Don’t be dramatic, Man United are used to this’.
This was briefly the message from José Mourinho right after his side lost the second leg against Sevilla in UCL round of 16.. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌪" title="Wolke mit Tornado" aria-label="Emoji: Wolke mit Tornado">
Tottenham (2020)

If you got José Mourinho the player, how will you deal with him?
José Mourinho the manager: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😆" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und fest verschlossenen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und fest verschlossenen Augen">
Tottenham (2020)

After Paul Merson said that Harry Kane won’t score enough goals under Mourinho at Spurs, José decided to respond by saying this: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚽️" title="Fußball" aria-label="Emoji: Fußball">

Part 1
Tottenham (2020)

After Paul Merson said that Harry Kane won’t score enough goals under Mourinho at Spurs, José decided to respond by speaking facts: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚽️" title="Fußball" aria-label="Emoji: Fußball">

Part 2
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