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«Él es un especialista en el fracaso. Yo no.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Sobre Arsène Wenger, 2014
«Como decimos en Portugal, trajeron el autobús y lo dejaron delante de la portería.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Tras un 0-0 ante el Tottenham: nace 'aparcar el autobús', 2004
«Esto es fútbol del siglo XIX.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Chelsea, sobre el planteamiento defensivo del West Ham, 2014
“I understand why he is emotional. You would be sad if your team got dominated by opponents who have been built with 10 per cent of your budget.”
— FC Porto, sobre Sir Alex Ferguson tras ganar al Manchester United en la Champions, 2004
«No me gusta la prostitución intelectual, me gusta la honestidad intelectual. … No hemos hablado del Milan, que terminará la temporada con cero títulos.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Inter, en rueda de prensa tras la polémica por un penalti ante la Roma, 2009
“At almost 70 years of age has won a Super Cup and another small cup. He is too old to change his mentality.”
— Inter, respondiendo al entrenador de la Juventus, Claudio Ranieri, 2008
“As for Lo Monaco, I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco, I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk) and the Principality of Monaco. I've never heard of any others.”
— Inter, respondiendo al consejero delegado del Catania, Pietro Lo Monaco, 2008
“If I tell UEFA what I really think and feel, my career would end now. Instead, I will just ask a question to which I hope one day to get a response: Why? Why Ovrebo? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why? Because every semi-final the same things happen.”
— Real Madrid, tras perder la ida de la semifinal de la Champions ante el Barcelona, 2011
«Creo que es una de esas personas que son voyeur. Le gusta mirar a otras personas.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Chelsea, sobre los comentarios de Arsène Wenger acerca del club, 2005
“I've sat in this chair twice before in the Champions League, and I knock Man Utd out at home twice, with Porto - Man Utd out, and with Real Madrid - Man Utd out. So this is nothing new for this football club.”
— Manchester United, tras caer eliminado de la Champions ante el Sevilla en Old Trafford, 2018
«Dos caballos y un caballito. Un caballito que necesita leche y aprender a saltar.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Chelsea, tras ganar al Manchester City, sobre la lucha por el título, 2014
“If we win today but lose at El Sardinero, it counts for nothing, because Madrid isn't playing to win at the Camp Nou.”
— Real Madrid, tras ganar 1-2 en el campo del Barcelona, 2026
“If we have referees like this one in every match of the title contenders, the championship will be a beautiful championship and the winner will deserve to win.”
— Fenerbahçe, elogiando al árbitro tras perder 1-0 el derbi ante el Beşiktaş, 2024
“I think we still have a chance to win that league because maybe they punish Man City with points and maybe we win that league and they have to pay me the bonus and give me the medal.”
— Fenerbahçe, bromeando sobre la Premier League 2017-18 antes de enfrentarse al Manchester United, 2024
“… in Spain the situation is a bit different because some people hate me. And many of you are in this room.”
— Real Madrid, tras caer en las semifinales de la Champions ante el Borussia Dortmund, 2013
“You know, I think boring is 10 years without a title. That's very boring.”
— Chelsea, tras empatar 0-0 ante el Arsenal, respondiendo a los cánticos de «aburrido» de la afición local, 2015
“What I will promise is that we will not go to Manchester and play defensive football.”
— FC Porto, tras ganar 2-1 al Manchester United en la ida de la Champions, 2004
“I won the league title in Portugal, Italy and England, but this one has been the toughest.”
— Real Madrid, tras ganar la Liga 2011-12, 2012
«Lo que quiero decirles a mis jugadores es que sigan el sueño, que no lo conviertan en una obsesión, porque para nosotros esto es un sueño y no una obsesión; para el Barcelona no es un sueño, es una obsesión.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Inter, antes de la vuelta de la semifinal de la Champions en el Camp Nou, 2010
“One team played to their potential and one didn't. Loss, yes - humiliation, no. It was a defeat we deserved, we just weren't good enough.”
— Real Madrid, tras perder 5-0 en el campo del Barcelona, 2010
“The signal of close your mouth was not for them but for the press. They speak too much and in my opinion they try to do everything to disturb Chelsea. Wait, don't speak too soon.”
— Chelsea, explicando su gesto en la final de la Copa de la Liga ganada al Liverpool, 2005
“You may as well put a cow in the middle of the pitch. And then stop the game because there was a cow.”
— Chelsea, tras perder en Newcastle, sobre la pérdida de tiempo, 2014
“I learned we can beat anyone because Chelsea are not just 'anyone', they are one of the best.”
— Inter, tras eliminar a su exequipo, el Chelsea, de la Champions en Stamford Bridge, 2010