Chapter 39: Mourinho and Benfica
The story and news of Jose Mourinho and Benfica caused turmoil across Portugal last season, when no one paid attention to the fact that Mourinho was in trouble, and everyone smiled contemptuously at the translator-turned-first-time manager. Everyone cheered the departure of this man, and even though he led the team to a good record of five wins, two draws and two losses in nine games, he still did not receive everyone's respect. Jose Mourinho's first managerial career was spent in pervasive contempt.
In the post-match press conference with Gallas, the reporter's first question went directly to Mourinho and Benfica, and there was no idea of paying attention to this game at all.
'Mr. Mourinho, what are your thoughts on the next game against Benfica?' Hearing this reporter's question, Mourinho was stunned for a moment, Benfica is a familiar name. After being stunned for a few seconds, Mourinho came back to his senses, grimaced his face, and said expressionlessly: "I only answer about the situation of this game, and I don't answer anything else." ”
However, the reporters did not give up, and the next few questions were still closely asked to Mourinho. After six or seven questions in a row, Mourinho finally couldn't stand it and walked away, leaving Gallas' personnel and the noisy reporters behind. The press conference was over, and it was hastily concluded.
However, when it comes to digging up intelligence, journalists are all powerful. Just two days later, the feud between Mourinho and Benfica was widely reported by journalists. At this time, the media hyped Mourinho's match against his old club Benfica, and as soon as the report came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the Portuguese football community, and some of the news and the truth that were previously hidden were made public.
It turned out that when Mourinho took over as Benfica's head coach, Benfica was in the midst of a presidential election. At that time, the chairman of Benfica was not Villarinho, but Azevedo, and Mourinho was the manager appointed by Azevedo. There was no surprise, but Azevedo, who had won the election, was unexpectedly defeated, and Villarinho was unexpectedly elected. A month before the election, Villarinho said publicly about Mourinho, who is considered to be Azevedo's lineage: "Toney is my manager. Jose Mourinho has said that he is not my choice and that if he is sincere enough, he should agree to resign when I am elected. “
One can imagine how strongly Mourinho's work will be hindered when Villarinho really takes office. When Villarinho took office, he did not dismiss Mourinho because of his excellent results, but began to use some small means secretly. At that time, Mourinho's work was hampered across the board. The assistant coach began to disobey Mourinho's work instructions and did things hastily, and the club's players went to stay, and Mourinho knew it at the same time as the fans. Despite this, at that time, Mourinho was still very emotional about Benfica, and he remained calm and calm.
However, there is a limit to patience after all, and Mourinho broke out after the worst. It was a decisive match with Sporting Lisbon in Lisbon, and the club's senior management changed the team's whereabouts several times in order to force Mourinho away, disregarding the interests of the team, in order to affect the state of the players. At that time, considering that it was a match against Lisbon, Mourinho put up with it for the time being. That match ended up with a 3-0 win over Sporting Lisbon. Jose Mourinho was on the pitch at the time, looking at the jubilant Benfica players, and he made the decision to make a showdown for the club, and he could not be silent any longer.
He said to the management of Benfica FC, either I continue to renew my contract, then I leave and you have to make a decision. After rejecting Villarinho's fake retention, Mourinho finally left Benfica, his first coach, and left Benfica with the infamy of "money-hungry translator" who "wants three times his salary". In the face of such trumped-up charges, Mourinho, who was soft-spoken at the time, could not do any effective counterattack.
Now the situation has changed, and Mourinho, who has achieved miraculous results in Leiria, has finally found a foothold in Portuguese football and has media attention. This, combined with the media publicity for the eighth-round match between Leiria and Benfica, gave journalists enough enthusiasm to dig into the story behind it.
After going back and forth, it was really dug up by reporters, and even learned that it was Benfica's vice president who instructed some media reporters to slander Mourinho, and the original words at that time were published: "You can write it down, this guy asked for a salary increase of 3 times the current one." He is obsessed with money, so we will not accept this kind of blackmail. This is a "prince's revenge".
At this time, the media was lively, and some reporters went directly to visit Villarinho and asked: "Mr. President, is it true that you deliberately kicked Mr. Mourinho out of Benfica?" The reporters captured Villarinho's embarrassed look at the time and said: "I haven't heard about it, I don't know anything about it." Jose Mourinho broke up with us peacefully, there was no problem. ”
The reporters despised in their hearts that it was really a thick-skinned big fat man, and being scolded for leaving as a "money-hungry translator" could be regarded as a peaceful breakup. However, the reporters also knew that there was nothing to ask on this line, and instead asked: "Now that Mr. Mourinho has led Leiria to seven consecutive victories and led Leiria to the top of the standings in history, and the coach you chose Tony only led Benfica to third place, do you regret your original move?" ”
'Mr Mourinho is a good manager. But I believe Toney is even better, knowing that the league has only just begun, and Benfica will definitely come from behind. As soon as Villarinho's words came out, reporters immediately asked: "Do you mean that Coach Toney is better than Coach Mourinho?" What do you think of Leiria's match against Benfica? ”
'There's no doubt we're going to win at the Stadium of Light, it's our home stadium. We don't have any reason to fail. With that, Villarinho hurried away, he didn't want to face such relentless questioning from reporters anymore.
In the car that left, Villarinho said to his beautiful secretary cruelly: "Hmph, I didn't expect that translator to really turn over." I'll call Tony later and tell him he's going to take it down for me against Leiria. I don't want to be the laughing stock of all of Portugal. ”
"Yes." The blonde female secretary next to Villarinho, who was hot and had a flamboyant face, answered. Villarinho looked at his female secretary, and an evil fire rose in his heart, and suddenly reached out and pulled the female secretary's head, pulled it to his crotch, and said, "Put out the fire for me." ”
After the female secretary's head began to swing up and down, Villarinho leaned back in the chair with a look of enjoyment, and then suddenly opened his eyes and said grimly: "Mourinho, hum." Wait and see. ”
Not only Villarinho, but also the current Benfica vice-president and Benfica coach Toney were all interviewed by reporters. The vice-president, who had slandered Mourinho at the beginning, faced reporters and avoided it with a cold face and without saying a word. As the head coach, Tony couldn't hide from it, and finally he replied angrily: "That's just a translator, what qualifications does he have to compare with me." ”
"However, his team is currently at the top of the table."
"So what, I'll beat him at the Stadium of Light, he's just a moment of luck." After saying this obviously angry remark, Tony finally broke away from the circle of reporters. And the reporters didn't dwell on it anymore, they already got a satisfactory answer.
The next day, the reports began to fly. What Villarinho said: "We will definitely win. "He (Mourinho) is just shit luck. This is a more factual report, and some exaggeration is that "Villarinho said: 'Mourinho is not worthy of Benfica at all. "Tony said: 'How can a translator compare to me, I'll prove it at the Stadium of Light.'" ’“
These reports completely detonated the war of words between Leiria and Benfica. It is important to know that Mourinho at this time is deeply loved by local fans and media in Leiria, and believes that Mourinho can lead the rise of Leiria. And Benfica's belittlement of Mourinho so much naturally makes them look at it, and the coach who we consider to be the future Leiria's meritorious coach is so unbearable in your mouth, so what are we Leiria. The war of words between the two sides has completely begun.
Leiria City newspaper, "Coach Jose Mourinho will complete the perfect revenge against Benfica at the Stadium of Light, those blind people don't know what a great coach is." “
"We are Benfica, what qualifications does Leiria have to say anything about us. The Stadium of Light was the beginning of their downfall. “
'We are the leaders and Benfica are just chasers. I don't know where their pride comes from. “
"We've had 33 league titles, what does Leiria have?"
"That's just history, who can tell me how long Benfica hasn't won a league. Oh, it's been a full 8 years. And we're making our history. “
Gradually, the war of words turned into a confrontation between the two cities. This season is simply the most lively season in the Portuguese Super League in recent years, and the newly rising Leiria is simply the news maker of this season. The reporters rushed all kinds of scripts about this war of words passionately, and said that they love you to death, Leriahaha, my year-end bonus is here, haha.
However, it is rare that the players on both sides have remained quiet, and Mourinho has not said a word. Most of Benfica's players have been mixed under Mourinho, and the two sides still get along well, so they didn't say anything. On the side of Leiria, it is because of Mourinho's ban, in fact, the players in Leiria's team have long been full of resentment, you must know that the media on Benfica's side has had many bitter ridicules of Leiria. If it weren't for Mourinho's orders and the prestige that he has established, Leiria's players would have fired a cannon a long time ago, instead of being able to be ruthless in training now, and then preparing to teach Benfica a good lesson in the game, and the successive victories have already made Leiria's players angry, and they now have the confidence that we are a strong team.
And Mourinho, no one knows what he thinks in his heart, as the hero of this hype, he did not reveal any special circumstances, just like the media said that it was not him.
Another day of training is over and Mourinho is at the end of the day. I was about to go home when I suddenly heard another sound on the court. When he walked over to take a look, he saw that Lao Lei, who was sweating profusely, was still practicing his long-range shots, and from time to time there was a dull thumping sound. After Mourinho watched it for a while, he had to sigh at Lao Lei's superb "learning talent", and in just one week, the long-range shot became decent.
At this time, he spoke up: "Lei Ma, come here." Lao Lei heard Mourinho's cry and looked up to see that he was waving to himself. Hurriedly ran over, wiped the sweat on his face and said, "Head, what's the matter?" ”
"Let's go, pack up, and I'll send you back. The day after tomorrow, it's time to play a game, so take a good rest. ”
"Head, I'm not tired." As soon as he said that, he saw Mourinho looking at him with a look that he couldn't refuse, and Lao Lei had no choice but to clean up and prepare to go home with him. He is not afraid of Mourinho, but sees Mourinho as his mentor and Bole, and believes that Mourinho is his benefactor, not just the player's awe of the manager.
After packing up, Lao Lei took Mourinho's car to the front of the house. When Lao Lei got out of the car, he hesitated for a long time, but still asked Mourinho: "Head, are all those media sayings true?" About you and Benfica. ”
Mourinho looked at his disciple in front of him, with a sincere look in his eyes, and finally nodded slowly.
Lao Lei turned his head, opened the car door, got out of the car, suddenly turned to Mourinho in the car and said firmly: "I'll teach that shit Benfica for you, head, I promise." After Lao Lei said this sentence in a firm tone, before Mourinho came to his senses, he closed the car door and entered the house.
By the time Mourinho came back to his senses, Lao Lei was gone. Mourinho chuckled softly in relief, shook his head and closed his eyes.
After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, there was a dazzling cold light in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Benfica, hum, I'm Jose. Jose Mourinho is back. I'm coming to get my own stuff back, dignity, honor. ”
After saying that, he drove away, and it was the twilight sky at this time, like a bloody sunset.