Jose Mourinho Reveals His Ideal 11: Chelsea Legends Dominate His Selection

Roma coach Jose Mourinho (AP)

José Mourinho has been one of the most influential coaches of the last 15 years of European football and managed several of the most powerful clubs in the world where he coached great footballers. For this reason, this week they proposed a game that cost him more than necessary: ​​putting together the ideal 11 of the footballers with whom he worked. It was during his participation in the Obi One Podcast, hosted by one of his former pupils, John Obi Mikel, that the Portuguese coach had to review his career to select the best. Obviously, he had no problem mentioning great figures, but the problem was that he had to leave several out.

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Although the full chapter will premiere on December 18, in a preview that was released on social networks in the last few hours, the Ideal Team made up of Mou, who had memorable steps by Inter Milan, Chelsea, Real Madrid, was shown. , Manchester United and Porto, among others. When it came to putting together his selection, the majority were players from the London team who were chosen.

He placed Petr Cech in goal, with whom he won three Premier League titles, as well as several trophies at Stamford Bridge. Then, he formed a 4-3-3. The center backs were John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho, two of their workhorses in the blue team. The left back was William Gallas, another Chelsea legend, and on the right he placed the only Argentine on the team: Javier Zanetti.

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Mourinho led Pupi at Inter Milan, when they won the 2010 Champions League, eliminating Guardiola’s Barcelona in the semifinals in an epic match in which the full-back was sent off. It should be remembered that the coach has a special appreciation for the Albiceleste players, as Paulo Dybala revealed in a recent interview: “He loves the Argentines, he loves them. He always spoke well to me about fideo, about Leo, he always speaks very well about Argentines. They have all given in and given him something more in his team when he had them. He loves us because we always responded to him and gave everything for him. He is very grateful to everyone and when we won the World Cup he was very happy, in that case for me, but for everyone.”

In midfield he stopped Frank Lampard and Claude Makelelé, two other soldiers from his Chelsea team, along with Mesut Özil, whom he coached at Real Madrid. Above, obviously, he placed Cristiano Ronaldo at one end, while Eden Hazard at the other. As a center forward he did not hesitate to position Didier Drogba, another of his pupils at Chelsea.

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Obviously, the absence of stars who were key to the titles he has won in his career is surprising, such as Diego Milito, scorer of the two goals in the 2010 Champions League final or Lucio, the Brazilian center back who was a figure in that Inter Milan. He also did not choose Sergio Ramos, Marcelo or Xavi Alonso, pillars of his Real Madrid, nor Zlatan Ibrahimovic or David De Gea, with whom he won the 2017 Europa League at Manchester United, the club’s last international title.

2023-12-14 21:10:08
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