Jose Mourinho post match interview

[Rambo 1,729]

"If I tell Uefa what I really think and feel, my career would end now," Mourinho said. "Instead I will just ask a question to which I hope one day to get a response: Why? Why? Why Ovrebo? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why? Because every semi-final the same things happen. We are talking about an absolutely fantastic football team, so why do they need that? Why? Why does a team as good as they are need something [extra] that is so obvious that everyone sees it?"Why Ovrebo [two] years ago [when the Norwegian referee did not give Chelsea a series of penalties against Barcelona]? Why couldn't Chelsea go to the final? Last year it was a miracle that Inter got there playing with 10 men for so long. A miracle. Why weren't there four penalties against Chelsea [in 2009]? Why send off [Arsenal's Robin] Van Persie [in the last 16]? Where does their power come from?

"It could have been 0-0 tonight, but then suddenly we are down to 10 men and they have a free path to find solutions that they could not find before then: we could have played for three hours and they would not have scored. But today we have seen that it is not difficult – it is impossible.

"The question," Mourinho continued, "is why? I don't know if it is the Unicef sponsorship or if it is because they are nice guys. I don't understand. Congratulations to Barcelona on being a great team and congratulations for all the other stuff you have which must be very hard to achieve. They have power and we have no chance. Chelsea had bans for Drogba and Bosingwa; Wenger and Nasri were banned for Arsenal; me today. I don't know why. All I can do is leave that question here in the air and hope that one day I will get the response. They have to get to the final, and they'll get there, full stop."

Asked if Madrid, trailing 2-0, were now out, Mourinho replied simply: "Yes, yes." There was a pause and then he added: "We will go there with pride and respect for football. It is a world that sometimes disgusts me to live in and earn a living from, but it is my world. We have to go there without Pepe, who didn't do anything, without [the suspended] Ramos who did nothing, without a coach who can't be on the bench. It is impossible. And if we score a goal and open up the tie a little, they will just kill it again. Tonight we have seen that we do not have any chance."

Mourinho sought to discredit Barcelona's 2009 Champions League success and any victory they may have this season.

"Josep Guardiola is a fantastic coach," he said, "but I have won two Champions Leagues. He has won [only] one Champions League and that is one that would embarrass me. I would be ashamed to have won it with the scandal of Stamford Bridge and, if he wins it this year, it will be with the scandal of the Bernabéu. I hope that one day he can win a proper Champions League. Deep down, if they are good people, it cannot taste right for them. I hope one day Guardiola has the chance of winning a brilliant, clean championship with no scandal."

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[gary gordon 1,777]

I have always loved Jose. He will cop it from UEFA for this rant and i hope he ends up back at Stamford Bridge because Chelsea are probably the only club who can match Barcelona player for player. Real Madrid are lacking passion and look like 11 individuals instead of a team.

[Rambo 1,729]

UEFA will absolutely slaughter Jose over this, would be very surprised if he gets away with it.

[Guest Homer2Chelsea]

Spot on IMO. I'm still disgusted at how FC 'Beautiful, 1 touch, free flowing football' Barcelona beat us in the semi-finals.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Well done Jose.

But he's probably signed his death warrant from UEFA..

[teignman 441]

I was glad to read Jose's comments, spot on. He asks some very good questions. Unfortunately, questions that UEFA will never answer and will pillory the Special One for asking.

[crazy1 24]

Like TX said Corruption League.................I think dey only want barcelona to win d CL.................Fucking Disgrace...........

[Ollie 4,400]

Great interview and he is right about Barca in Europe but i believe that Pepe could of easily been sent off for that, he was close to the ball and he was probably going for the ball but he got him very high and could easily have broken his leg. Did anyone actually hear it real time, it was quite a noise tbh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN35lPl2YEc

I think yellow card woulda ben the right decision but pepe ran the risk going in like that. Real were too negative anyway and that's the main reason they are heading out of europe.

[spuz 143]

Still waiting for Van Persies ban.

[coolhead23 1,146]

Well said Jose, it was time that somebody spoke abt it and who better than Jose. Spot on, the special one. Hats off. He surely is going to get a good long ban from UEFA. But does he care abt it, hell NO!

[Cuba 11]

Mourinho - The coach and MAN that I have always respected.

Daring but true words.

[ChelseaChick 430]

Mourinho is a legend, he will get in trouble for saying it but fuck it, it needed to be said! I

[Milan 17,853]

Mourinho only said what every football fan and experts see and think but are scared of saying it loud. He is fucking spot on and no doubt, he will be punished for those words. Justice? There is no justice.

[neel 257]

Jose is spot on but I am flabbergasted by seeing extreme negativity shown by real madrid. Both Mourinho's negative tactics and Barca's theatrics made this game ugly.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Drogba, Bosingwa, Mourinho and van Persie are the only four people to stand up to UEFA. That earns them my respect. (Well, maybe not van Persie...)

[Guest justin_3d]

As great as Mourinho is as a coach he is also a big hypocrite!

He forgot the help he got with Inter, when he was playing against Chelsea???

When they help him, everything is ok, but when they hurt him, it's the end of the world!

Same like SAF. Another person that acts in hypocrisy. Only talks when they hurt him, but when they help him, there is nothing much to say.

Pure hypocrisy!!

[True_Blue 469]

Uefa will rape him because of this,he said what no one else had the balls to say.

Well done Jose

[Guest justin_3d]

Uefa will rape him because of this,he said what no one else had the balls to say.

Well done Jose

That is no balls, that is hypocrysy and sore looser attitude!!!

Refs. are human and will continue making mistake. They help you today, and tomorrow they hurt you.

We see it with our own team as well. In some games they help us, and some they hurt us....and then to see the hypocrites fan come to talk about conspiracy theory, but fail to talk about when the ref helped the team???

If Mourinho, SAF, Guus, Pep, and all the coaches want justice, then it's not the ref you have to complaint. It's FIFA fault for not wanting video technology.

If these coaches want "fair" then they will ask ardently for video technology.

Otherwise, we will continue being stuck with "human errors"