At the end of his news conference previewing Cape Verde's quaterfinal with Ghana, coach Lucio Antunes picked up a reporter's phone placed in front of him recording his comments and loudly shouted into it : ''Hi, Jose''.
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The joke was not lost on anyone with Antunes pretending to be calling his friend, the Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho.
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Not for the first time in this African Nations Cup, Antunes has been asked whether Mourinho was indeed his friend and whether the 'Special one' was taking time out from his day job to help him plot Ghana's downfall at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
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With Mourinho-esque timing, he merely answered 'yes' to the question and left it at that to roars of laughter before explaining in greater detail about how serious they were about Saturday's game and reaching the semifinals.
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'' We are very serious. We are a serious team and we have grown in confidence since the tournament stared. We are stronger '', he said.
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Ghana remain the favourite to beat them but, whether aided by Mourinho's tactical acumen or not, Cape Verde are unlikely to lose without a real fight - and there is no certainty they will lose at all.
I hope they won't be shocked at the end of the day. Ghana is not a country to toy with when it comes to football
Quote from: Shola Sholaz on Feb 01, 2013, 05:45 PM
I hope they won't be shocked at the end of the day. Ghana is not a country to toy with when it comes to football
Lemme jusy say anyone can reeceive a shocker. Both teams should just prepare