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Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

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Jose Mourinho
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 26
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Jose Mourinho
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Jose Mario dos Santos Mourinho Felix
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