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Jose Mourinho – Hypocrite and Someting of a Liar
Sometimes you expect managers for some greater sense of integrity regarding sportsmanship, but often you don’t get that from the biggest names and egos. Jose Mourinho has spoken many times against diving, but only when it hurts his own team. Ramires cheating his way to a penalty kick and saving Chelsea from losing showed just how much fair play is really important to the most famous manager in football.
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Chelsea vs Schalke – Andre Schurrle & Willian Shouldn’t Return to the Bench
It seems that every week is a new lesson for Jose Mourinho about the idiosyncrasies of his team. This week’s lesson? Andre Schurrle should always start, and Willian is finally start to look like a player who cost as much as he did, with the two of them being the driving force behind Chelsea beating Schalke 3-0.
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Chelsea FC – Jose Mourinho Had Enough of David Luiz
After bringing back David Luiz into the lineup for the last two matches, it seems Jose Mourinho is sending the Brazilian centre back to the bench once again, this time possibly for a prolonged period.
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Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard the Only Attacking Midfielder That Worked
There’s nothing new about Jose Mourinho loving to use massive rotations in his lineup. There is a hierarchy in his attacking midfield unit that gives preference to Eden Hazard and Oscar, but the rest keeps changing according to his mood and opponent. Despite probably being the best manager in the league, he makes mistakes as well, and maybe too many of them so far, when making his choices for the first XI.
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The Sexy Football Calendar of 2014
In 2013, it was all about the managers. In 2014, the sexy football calendar takes shots at the big wigs of the sport (Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini) and a player or two as well, giving a sexy, funny and insulting vision on some of the sport’s most powerful people, which shouldn’t be taken seriously all the time.
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Chelsea FC – Juan Mata Deserves a Starting Spot
With such a deep squad, especially at the attacking midfielder position, the League Cup isn’t an opportunity only to get minutes, but also to prove you deserve a spot in more important competitions as well. Juan Mata has become the scapegoat for Chelsea and Jose Mourinho this season when things aren’t working well, but when he does get 90 minutes to play, regardless of the rival, he usually proves he deserves more than he’s getting so far.
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Jose Mourinho is a “Dirty” Winner; Manuel Pellegrini is a Sore Loser
It feels as if the Chelsea – Manchester City match, won in the 90th minute by Fernando Torres, was the first really big game of the season, or at least the most emotional we’ve seen in the Premier League so far. Jose Mourinho couldn’t help but get over emotional after the match ended, while Manuel Pellegrini felt slighted, and decided not to shake hands with the Portuguese manager, who he doesn’t really like anyway.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Finally Starts His Season
A striker doesn’t truly begin his season before he scores his first league goal, and it took Fernando Torres more than two months to get his. Luckily, it turned out to be a 90th minute winner in the biggest match of the season so far for Chelsea.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Back Where he Belongs
Despite the unimpressive numbers, Fernando Torres is the best striker Chelsea have. It might only show when the team is playing in Europe, but if it’s something that puts his team back in control of the group, I’m pretty sure Jose Mourinho doesn’t really mind it.
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Jose Mourinho Knows Substitutions Better Than Anyone
An excellent case study of Premier League managers making substitutions this season so far highlights what an excellent job Jose Mourinho does when replacing players during matches, being the only one from the top 7 clubs to still not lose potential points due to one of his subs coming on, while as expected, David Moyes has done worse than anyone.