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The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.

Jose Mourinho

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Jose Mourinho
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 26
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Coach
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Jose Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix
Jose Mario dos Santos Mourinho Felix
The Special One
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At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.
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The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.
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The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.
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Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.
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Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.
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In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.
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I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name.
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He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him
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If Messi is the best on the planet, Ronaldo is the best in the universe.
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