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«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
“It was the most beautiful defeat of my life.”
— Inter, tras clasificarse para la final de la Champions en el Camp Nou con diez, 2010
«Esto es fútbol del siglo XIX.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Chelsea, sobre el planteamiento defensivo del West Ham, 2014
“Same coach, different players.”
— Tottenham, preguntado por qué su equipo perdía ventajas, 2021
“Just as an example, Hegel says the truth is in the whole, it's always in the whole that you find the truth.”
— Manchester United, respondiendo a las críticas en rueda de prensa, 2018
“I think that in two years maximum a team has to be playing in the image of their coach, doing things with their eyes closed and that isn't about having people working together for years. It's about hard work and good practice sessions.”
— FC Porto, sobre cuánto tarda un entrenador en dar forma a un equipo, 2003
“I learned a lot from Bobby Robson and a great deal from Louis Van Gaal as well. Nothing was left to chance, everything was programmed in great detail.”
— Inter, antes de la final de la Champions ante el Bayern de Van Gaal, recordando sus años en el Barcelona, 2010
“There are lots of poets in football but poets, they don't win many titles.”
— Manchester United, tras ganar la final de la Europa League ante el Ajax, 2017
“So the stats, many, many times are like an incredible piece of meat or fish but badly cooked. It doesn't tell me much.”
— Tottenham, respondiendo a las críticas por la poca posesión de su equipo ante el Liverpool, 2020
“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
“What we need is to not negotiate things that are non-negotiable. Commitment is mandatory.”
— Real Madrid, en su primera rueda de prensa de su segunda etapa, 2026
“The best way to respect the game is to play well, to play to win.”
— FC Porto, antes de la Supercopa de Europa ante el AC Milan, 2003
“The first half was the coach's fault; the second half was the players' fault.”
— Real Madrid, tras remontar un 3-1 y ganar 3-4 en Roma en la Champions, 2026
“Because for me you can only play attacking football when you have the ball. You need the ball. When the opposition has the ball you have to defend.”
— Manchester United, preguntado por qué su equipo solo atacaba cuando perdía, 2018