30 April 2013

Is This Mission Impossible For Jose Mourinho?

Jose Mourinho, no doubt, still holds hope he can make it a Special Three. Portugal's most provocative export has lifted the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan, and winning a third title with Real Madrid would see him record a unique managerial feat.

No one before has tasted success in European football’s grandest competition with a trio of different clubs. A 4-1 reverse in Dortmund in last week’s semi-final first leg makes that possibility seem all the more remote. But it would be foolish to think Mourinho, the expert psychologist and motivator, has given up on staging a remarkable comeback and progressing to next month’s final at Wembley.

Tonight he and his players have the opportunity to replicate exactly what their predecessors in white managed 38 years ago against Dave Mackay’s Derby County. A 4-1 loss in the first leg of the last-16 was wiped out by a 5-1 victory in the Bernabeu.

Mourinho is fully aware that such a turnaround is unlikely but should it happen the momentum will be with his team on May 25. Given that potential match would probably be his last in charge of Madrid he will know the chance of succeeding in this personal challenge might never be as great.

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