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ENTERTAINMENT and ADVENTURE => Sports Watch => Topic started by: Folami David on Jul 17, 2013, 01:38 PM

Title: Mourinho Questions Europa League Value
Post by: Folami David on Jul 17, 2013, 01:38 PM
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says winning the Europa League would be a "big disappointment" - only a few months after rival Rafael Benitez guided the Blues to victory in the tournament.
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Chelsea won Europe's second-tier club competition last season after failing to defend their Champions League title.
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But Blues boss Mourinho told BBC Sport: "I don't want to win the Europa League.
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"It would be a big disappointment for me. I don't want my players to feel the Europa League is our competition."
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Benitez guided Chelsea to Europa League success in May by beating Benfica in the final.
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The 53-year-old Spaniard, who took over at Stamford Bridge on a short-term basis in November, also helped the club clinch automatic qualification for the Champions League, a competition the club won in 2012 when Roberto Di Matteo was in charge.
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Mourinho, who has clashed verbally with Benitez on a number of occasions, has never won the Champions League while at Chelsea but did taste success with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010.
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"That's the only European competition we have to play and that's the European competition we have to give our best," he told BBC Sport's Richard Conway.
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As well as conquering Europe, Mourinho is also targeting Premier League success after guiding the Blues to league glory twice during his first spell at Stamford Bridge.
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"The most important thing in football is to be the best team in the season and try to win your domestic league," said the 50-year-old Portuguese, who was Blues boss from 2004 to 2007.
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"In our case, it's the most important league in Europe, so we have to try and be the best team and win the Premier League."
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As Chelsea prepare to face Singha All-Stars in Bangkok on Wednesday, the former Real Madrid manager has told his squad that status does not matter when it comes to team selection.
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Defender John Terry, 32, and Frank Lampard, 35, were key members of the team during Mourinho's first Chelsea reign, but he insists no one is guaranteed their place.
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"I don't care about the passport, I don't care about the date of their birth, I just care about performance," he said.
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"If they are better than the young guys, then they play. If the young guys are better than them, they don't play.
Title: Re: Mourinho Questions Europa League Value
Post by: Shola Sholaz on Jul 17, 2013, 10:40 PM
Jose Mourinho has always be known to be annoyingly arrogant so let's just see how far he'll go next season. If he flops again, let him be sacked.