Mourinho is being studied by UEFA

Published: May 30, 2010

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Jose Mourinho is the most titled technician of the decade, managing 17 trophies in 8 years, the two Champions League titles won with Porto (2004) and Inter (2010) being the most valuable. Although, despite his success no matter with what team, Mourinho has been attacked on numerous occasions on his path to achieve his goals. The last time was from one of his own mentors. “Mourinho is a defensive coach:, said Louis Van Gaal before the Champions League final, making it subtly known that Mourinho isn't the best option for Real Madrid. Mourinho on the other hand explained the way he sees football and waved off the accusations brought to him. For “The Special One” there is no such thing as “offensive or defensive teams, only stable or unstable teams. The pseudo-offensive teams don't win a lot of games. They score, but they also get a lot of goals. They're unstable. The defensive ones don't get that many goals and don't score.” “That's why we have to talk about stable and unstable teams in matters of position and function. A “functional” team is a spectacular team.” Spanish newspaper Marca presented today a few Jose's secrets which made him one of the best coaches in the world. The expression “A good coach shows at breaks and switches” is already folklore, but Mourinho proves game after game that a right decision made at the appropriate time can change the outcome of a match. The tactical versatility he shows and the way he solves every problem that shows up during games “on the go” have become study factors for the Technical Committee of UEFA, write the Spaniards. One of the examples used what the Chelsea – Bolton game from October 2005, where the Londoners won the game at 5-1, after being led at the break. Mourinho changed the game system three times during the match and knocked out Sam Allardyce, Bolton's then coach. Chelsea started the game in the usual -4-3-3 system, but things weren't working out too well, and at the break Bolton was leading with 1-0. Mourinho then switched Del Horno with Gudjohnsen, and the Chelsea started the second half in the 3-3-4 system. In just 14 minutes, Chelsea scored three times, and Mourinho made another change to block out any chance Bolton might have. Joe Cole went out, in his place coming Paolo Ferreira. Chelsea's system changed to 4-4-2, with Drogba and Gudjohnsen in attack and Shaun Wright Philips and Lampard on the sides. Until the end of the game, Chelsea scored another two times.