One thing that is often forgotten, the Mourinho era FC Porto team was NOT a defensive team. Solid and balanced, dangerous in transition, but very willing to take over the game in possession. Some of the most beautiful football we ever had at the club.
people only remember how he play in the league (and in the league, wherever he was coaching he was, and still is, always more defensive usually), because most people have watched him coach Chelsea/United or Madrid and not Inter or Porto, or Roma, but in the Champions league/Europa/Conference, he usually play aggresively, unless he is winning and the other team is "better" on paper, like it happened in the match against Pep's and Messi's Barcellona in 2009 at Camp Nou.
It was defensive even in Porto. I am a Porto fan and even I say he was defensive. Not in a bad way, not the italiano way, he player in transition and still does today, and even player that way in Real Madrid Squad that broke goal scoring Record. Vilas Boas who came after him used to play different, he player in possetion as opposed to Mourinho who player in transitions. Dont watch the highlights of that team, find a full game of Porto and Will see he always player this way. Or just look the way he player the final against Mónaco in the CL
@@luisnunes3863 I believe you because I had the same opinion at the time. But then 10 years after I re-watched some games of UEFA CUP and the CL and I realized at the time that I was biased for being a fan of both coach and club. Try to find some full game and watch again 20 years after
The manager usually tells the sporting director or owner who he feels is best for the team, as an owner if you hire a coach you must believe in his version of football and you'll try to get him who he wants when reasonable priced compared to club funds, but the owner is still an owner and if he wants someone he doesn't "have" to ask the Manager anything, his the head of the table
Yeah,"sporting director" is a relatively new concept. Traditionally, managers would choose what players to buy or sell, obviously with owners having final say.
Gentle reminder that Mourinho’s teams are often called defensive or anti-football, but his Real Madrid was a goal scoring record breaker. Prime Ronaldo was something else, which helped.
Ronaldo didn't play well when he arrived in Real, Mourinho was a big factor for him adapting better and raising his game. I think that's the best Mourinho ability, he help his players to raise his game and reach their maximum level
@ernieb8490 Exactly, counter attack when done right are the highest scoring strategy simple because you break defence that aren't ready. France national squad is a perfect example of that. They thrive in counter attacking football. The faster the game is, the better it is for them.
Even as Pep fan, I can't deny how phenomenal Jose Mourinho is.... his philosophy, his tactic, his mindset and his managing style is phenomenal. You gotta love Jose Mourinho.
i dont think he's one of the "you gotta love him" type of a person.. he's done many things people hate.. But you absolutely gotta t respect this man"s knowledge and achievements, that's absolutely a must.
In most, if not all teams, the manager has the final say over transfers. Some teams have a Sporting Director or Director Of Football who will perform a role that usually involves leading the scouting and recruitment operations. They will present the manager with a list of possible signings in positions that that manager has said they want to improve - and in some teams, the Director of Football will perform contract negotiations with players. In terms of outgoing players, sometimes the owners and Director of Football will insist that a player is sold because of financial reasons, or if another team has given an offer that is too high for the finance people to ignore. But ultimately, the manager is the final say for the playing squad.
Back then sporting directors were not very common. Manager would have a lot more control over the clubs especially the likes of ferguson, wenger, mourinho. Nowdays most if not all teams have a sporting director and they work with the manager on transfers (the amount of power a manager has varies depending on the club). More of a head coach nowdays rather than an actual manager like the old days
Ridiculous hyperbole. Porto won the UEFA cup in 2003. They weren't nobodies in 2004. The most impressive achievement has to be Ranieri taking a Leicester team that just avoided relegation to winning the league by 10 points.
@@matthewchampion8214Difference between winning a premier league and winning a champion league is astronomical. Winning a UCL is more difficult and impressive.
Jürgen Klopp did something similar when he went to Dortmund who just came back from the brink of bankruptcy (which in itself is a fascinating story) and sorted out plenty of quality players who simply didn't fit his system.
If you love offensive minded philosophies then you should know that Mourinho built the most offensive team in football history (no joke) Real madrid 2011/12, react to that team it was a joy to watch
Man, 2003/2004 was an insane UCL season...such pain and insanity, unpredictable at every level, group, stage...When Milan lost to Deportivo, it was shocker to the whole of Europe. When the final came, everyone was like - who the hell are those teams and how did they get here...? Well, Mourinho happened...
What? Porto was already a champions league winner at this point! And literally won the Uefa Cup (Europa League now) the year before! And Deportivo during those years were a powerhouse of Spanish football! You'd have to be new to the sport or living under a rock to not know these teams!
@@joaopinto4535 It is not like they were powerhouses before Europa mate, or since. Of course we knew them but they were not a force to be reckoned with. Real and Milan were favorites that year. Winning Europa rarely means you win UCL either. And Depo was strong indeed; so was Valencia, Villarreal and Sevilla but it was all about the Galacticos early 2000s. I think you misunderstand my comment - it was not that they were not known to anyone but nobody expected them to go that far. BTW Porto has 1 UCL in 2004, what are you on about being already a UCL champ?
@@joaopinto4535 If you want to include the European Cup, fine, you got 2. 17 years apart! So was Nottingham forrest (twice!) and Steaua Bucarest. Do you see them around anymore? Do you expect them to win soon again? Point was - nobody was expecting Porto to do so well and only few people outside of Portugal remembered ' 87 - except perhaps Porto fans like you. Mou did incredible job with that team, Porto fans probably didnt expect it themselves but only hoped about it; you tell me.
4:36 now, in the present day, that his more scientific approach to coaching and other types of innovation in the training has been copied by basically every football club, that right there, is the only thing that still makes him special and different, his ability to motivate the players and have them perform at waaay above their level, and it is astounding, the players seems to be almost hypnotised by him, they are willing to sacrifice everything for him, they will play injured, they will play out of position, they will, if they are strikers, completely accept the possibility to not score any goals, if that is what Mourinho want them to do, and the fans are also mesmerised by him and become a huge asset for his team, to give you an insane stat, one of which it is very hard to be beaten by any other coach i think, at one point he had a 150 games unbeaten streak in home games....let that sink in...that is just insane, but it is no small part also because of the ability he has to rally the fans in a way that very few managers can. All of this of course, especcially since that motivating/communication skills is right now his only real big assest that it is left of the "Special One", it can be a hit or miss, mostly because for it to work you need a certain type of players with not that big of an ego, or, if they have big egos (like Ibrahimovic for example) Mourinho makes them feel like they are the strongest players in the world, he inflate their ego even more and he let them express themselves on the pitch, so in turns, those same players feel like they need to prove to Mourinho that they are indeed worthy of his praise, almsot like a reward; or he can do the opposite, and so nag a specific player, treat him badly, even in the press, for then motivate him to play better and to strive to prove Mourinho worng...i know this sound crazy, but it has happened multiple times, public outburst between Mourinho and a player, with said player not even playng anymore for many matches...and then all of a sudden that player start to get better and better, and by the end you can see him not only being strongest than he ever was and starting regularly, but also, when Mourinho leaves, even many years after,pubicly saying that Mourinho was the best coach they ever had and that their bond was special. All of this at clubs like Madrid, United and....strangely (but it was confirmed by other coaches as well, like Conte) Tottenham, was not possible, since the big players of those clubs toughts of themselves as bigger than the manager and too accomplished to be motivated by him....that is why it is entirely plausible that Mourinho is always going to be able to only win with the underdog teams (not that at Chelsea, Madrid or Untied didn't win anything...because he did win a lot with those clubs, just not the Champions League) because they are better suited for both his tactics and his real talent, his ability to motivate players and fans...that is why the "debate" (not really a debate, just the usual mentality of "Pep is the best" therefore Mourinho s**ks and vice versa) of him not winning the Champions League with bigger clubs is so stupid in my opinion, and it is no different than the messi vs Cr7 fanboys debate.
The guy has never won a UCL whenever he managed a team with money, goes to show he can only perform well when he is treated as an underdog. I still respect him though, his fans are just annoying.
In transfer market, its yes and no. The coaches don't have the ability to buy but they do influences the team to get what they want, thus when a coach wants a player the board try the best to help him by buying the players. Selling is also good for the board as they gain transfer fees and decrease the monthly wages of players. Though the sporting directors are the ones responsible for many transfers and sometimes they can get players that the managers do not want or players that don't fit the system(Mourinho has experience in many clubs of this happening to him) while also selling crucial players due to fiances.
Love watching someone go through their football journey of learning and putting their own ideas and interpretations forward, I’ve played football manager for over 10 years now so I’ll probably join that member thing to watch how you play, on the transfer part you were asking about managers did have say so in who they were bringing in , moreso back then when it wasn’t as common for a director of football to be making the decisions on who they’d go after. Most of the time now it’s the DOF who with the scouting team look at players and with the managers input they try to sign players, sometimes it’s not the first choice player the manager wants or even a player that the manager wanted in the first place and that’s when transfers are more likely to go south. But in football manager it’ll show you the full range of how transfers work, whether it’s release clauses wages bonuses add ons instalments relegation wage clauses and most importantly whether or not a players head has been turned by a potential transfer to a dream club, I think FM do a great job of making the most realistic simulation of what it’s like being a manager obviously it’s not the same but their database is used by many clubs and it’s a great way to learn all aspects of a football season as well as the differences between leagues and what rules may be present in one and not in another etc
You're the coach, you're building and managing the team's philosophy, so it makes complete sense to choose the players you'd like to recruit. Tuchel (ex-Chelsea coach) got waved away because he didn't agree with the president recruitment directive, and whenever the direction decides who they want to recruit the results are always terrible, we talking about PSG in recent years, Tottenham, Chelsea today, Real Madrid Galacticos, Barcelona with their last president, etc... I don't know, i find it completely logical to recruit as a coach the players you want and the perfect example is Pep with Man City, he always asked for the best and most expensive players and the direction believed in him, it took years and billions but they finally achieved what they always dreamed of.
Head coaches aren't managers. The two titles are now at least in the prem treated as different positions. Arteta of Arsenal was promoted from head coach to manager after gaining the trust of the board. Some clubs have sporting directors to handle transfers and a head coach to handle training and matches (e.g. Tuchel). Managers are head coaches who handle more than just training (e.g. Sir Alex, Guardiola, etc.). Sir Alex famously didn't conduct training too often but handled nearly everything else down to recruitment of his backroom staff and developing the youth setup of Utd in the late 80's and 90's.
The influence of coaches on transfers vary from country to country. In Germany for example there is the coach and the sporting director (official title may vary), who is supposed to work in concert with the coach but is chief responsible for the squad composition, which he has to accomplish with the money the club leadership is giving him to use. In England the coaches usually have more influence and are more directly involved in signing players. I think that’s why they are more often called manager instead of coach. Of course they can’t do it alone, they still need to cooperate with the owner, the board and so on but something like a sporting director is usually not a thing at all
I think you said it American football like other sports have a head coach .... In football we call the headchoach manager because they also control trades. When a team appoints a head coach, that is to imply that they also have a sporting director in charge or trades.... Traditionally most football teams use managers therefore they have significant input in trades.
Ive been following you since you started doing football stuff during the WC. Im not a discord member or a patron but I would urge you to do a reaction on Ajax of 95 when they won the CL. Its a great story of young players, the most attacking style of football you will see and a genius coach.
We all thought it was some kind of weird fluke that Porto won UCL and agaist Monaco but it in the end it was Mourinho vs Deschamps (he is the French national coach now)
Mate i love this channel i am from the UK ✌️ Jose is so under rated definitely one if the greats I recommend playing the football manager game to fully understand the role and yes managers are involved in the transfers
Have you thought about inviting some youtube fan-channel content creators onto your podcast, so you and your friend can learn more about the club, the supporters, their history and journey, thoughts on the last season, transfers, etc. It'd be a good learning opportunity and maybe it'll help you find a club to support.
The whole transfers situation is different for each club. My favorite team is AC Milan. The current coach didn’t have much say in transfer. That was left to Maldini, the technical director. Recently ownership changed at the club and they fired Maldini. It was stated that the coach, Pioli will have more say in the transfer market. But they also appointed their previous Chief Scout, Moncada, to technical director to help unearth and sign hidden gems. Milan are now set to pick up an 18 year old Argentine player that is likely one of Moncada’s finds.
Most of the time a sporting director makes the transfers and scouting but often applied to the position and type of player the team requires. But for the purpose of video games like football manager, being involved in transfers etc is far more enjoyable
@@knightheaven8992 yes, mainly only input on positions they want. Unless they are well known for recruiting as manager, like Postecoglu (new Tottenham manager) is.
Regarding how managers approach transfers and finances. Most teams let the manager and his team (scouts, analysts etc.) handle their targeting but will also give them a budget they can work on. This is typical in most clubs baring the few exceptions. Owners still have the final say and they also have their own advisors within scouting departments. The exceptions are Board driven clubs like Real & Barcelona, for example, They will do all the scouting and decision regarding the signing of players, the manager can have his say but ultimately its the boards decision. Typically the board will go with managers wishes, like Barcelona did with Pep in the past and Xavi now. But sometimes they can piss of the manager (Pep for example). Another exception. Some managers don't care about the player's name specifically, they look for profiles in players. A manager can say to the board, find me a left footed good passing defender. The board can then make the decision to sign for example, Gvardiol from Leipzig for 100m€ or go for Aymeric Laporte which may cost 30-50m€ depending on negotiations. They are both left footed, good passing and solid defenders. One is younger and other is older. Ultimately though the club will choose which one makes sense for them. Manager gets the type of player he wanted and everybody is happy.
They have a say in who is signed. How much depends on the structure of the club and the profile of the manager. That’s why in football they are “managers” not just coaches as it is in nfl or nba
"Monopoly" in the UCL is an exaggeration. Apart from Real's recent dominance (which has definitely come to an end with Benzema and Casemiro gone while Modric and Kroos are very old), there's been a variety of top teams winning it ALL THE TIME. It is after all a league of the best teams, you don't expect a small club to win just like you don't expect Villarreal to win La Liga or Leicester to win EPL again. Teams like Porto or Red Star Belgrade will only win the UCL only when the stars align for them, which is as rare as it should be - that's not even counting surprise finalists like Spurs or even Inter this past season. Also a sidenote to drill my point further that "monopoly" is an exaggeration: Liverpool were as dominant in the 80s as Real were in the 2010s. It's not unusual and it will always end.
23:03 Mourinho’s early teams were actually not defensive teams at all. His Porto team scored the 2nd most goals ver in the Portuguese league and his Chelsea team recorded 95 pts, a record at the time. It’s only when he went to Inter and was facing teams with a much bigger budget did he start “Parking the bus”. In fact after leaving Inter, his Real Madrid team is the highest scoring team of all time in the top 5 European Leagues.
Actually, his Inter side was not that defensive. He usually played with Milito, Eto’o, Snejder e Pandev. Inter had the most goals in the league. However, most people remember that team for the second leg defeat against Barcelona, where he parked the bus down a man. That, plus the Italian defensive style fame, made people assume he liked playing without the ball. Wrong. In my opinion, Mourinho is able to understand very well his players and find the best strategy.
8:30 it depends on the team, the culture etc. Premier League managers are usually heavily involved in transfers, budget etc.. In Portugal, as well as in most of Europe, it depends on the ego of the chairman (or CEO or whatever). If he's smart, he'll allow the manager to get involved and even talk to potential signings beforehand to learn about their character. If not, he'll go out by himself to get a bunch of players in every transfer period, just to be loved by the fans.
Theres some coaches that just coach and recruitment is left to the "sporting director" or "director of football" or "head of recruitment" and typically they will probably have the job title of head coach, while other times some are far more demanding and controlling and leverage the fact the owner has come and given them the job, that they would have full control of operations and they would usually act without the dof or have more influence, and they would be given a job title as a "manager"
Yes it’s normal for the manager to run the transfers. Only recently in football did they start adding in extra staff to plan the transfers (director of football). Some owners step in , and mess it all up. They shouldn’t .
What do you mean "won EVERYTHING without money"? The victory without money was only for FC Porto. Chelsea was and still remains one of the richest clubs in the world, Inter Milan also experienced no problems with funds and had an awesome squad.
This video doesn't even quite do justice to 03/04 Porto. The team was built on a shoestring budget compared to most teams of the time. Of the named players, only Deco (who played a few solid seasons at Barcelona before fading behind other creative talents) and the defensive duo of Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira, which Mourinho brought with him to Chelsea, ended up having a significant career (with José Bosingwa ending up a solid back up option). The rest of the team was either too old or too technically limited in many, many senses, some of which arguably not even good enough for the Portuguese league, but Mourinho squeezed every little last drop of football out of them. The 2-1 victory at home against Manchester United in the last 16 remains one of his greatest tactical masterpieces, as the likes of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and the most in form forward in World Football at the time in Ruud Van Nistelrooy were hounded and beaten on the counter by several masterclass marking decisions. The final was one of the most onesided affairs in UCL history, with Porto winning 3-0 and making teams like Real Madrid look utterly pedestrian for not having solved the Monaco puzzle. (and the coach on the other side was no schmuck, as Didier Deschamps went on to become one of the very few players to win the World Cup as player AND coach) What makes Mourinho unique is his ability to break any and all tactical principles to make his team win. While this video doesn't cover it, he would go on to win the Champions League again with Internazionale Milano, taking a team that had been somewhat torn apart after a decade of getting overshadowed by eternal rivals AC Milan and their European greatness, and collecting a bunch of players that many saw as past their prime, and playing some of the most defensive and dogged football known to Europe. Infamously, they met Messi, Xavi and Iniesta's Barcelona at the peak of their powers, in a season where they were brushing aside any and all defenses and scoring almost for fun, pasting 4 past Stuttgart and perennial contenders Arsenal as if they were a mid-league table. Mourinho then went on to perform one of the greatest smash and grabs, playing extremely sharp counters fed by Wesley Snejder and Zanetti to his forwards Milito and the talismanic Eto'o, while shutting down all incursions from THAT Barcelona. The 3-1 win was followed by what's been called "the best loss in Champions League history". Nurturing a two-goal lead against the single best club football side in arguably the history of the entire game, Mourinho travelled to Camp Nou against the most adverse possible conditions: a fully fit, rested Barcelona buoyed by FURIOUS club support. In doing so, he played one of the greatest moments in football, reviving one of his words of war: "park the bus", an expression that brings the visual of parking the team bus in front of your goal with the express purpose of playing a game to not lose. Playing fully defensive against Barcelona was considered tantamount to footballing suicide, as you were welcoming the best creative team on the planet to have possession and do what they want in your own half. Mourinho simply believed that he could sufficiently defend his own net with marking of inside spaces and wings while playing a defensive-focused formation, that it was a better option than to play out expansively and get shred to tatters in the space. Barcelona held a staggering amount of possession, but they simply could NOT break down Inter that game. Because they're the best team ever, they still managed to score late by Piqué in the 84' to set up the most nerve-wrangling 10 minutes of football played between styles, but Inter came out the game 1-0 losers only, going through on aggregate, and beating Bayern in the final 2-0. Messi, who'd scored 8 goals that UCL and would go on to score 12 next year, and win the damn thing, scored no goals against Inter in both matches, and was effectively pocketed the entire second leg. Nowadays, Mourinho's reputation is perhaps not as great as it once was (despite having led a hapless Manchester United to a Europa League title, and Roma to a Europa League final with lesser budgets than other Italian teams), as he's regarded as the last great defensive coach in a more offense-press oriented meta. Still, the Mourinho style is both mental and emotional. Buy into him, heart and soul, and he can make an average team look glorious. His mental siege style, "us versus the world", "we're the underdogs", media-manipulation antics which lead to extreme team cohesion and great unity, lead to both hilarious media moments and extreme loyalty, and players like Samuel Eto'o have come forward and said that without Mourinho, their careers would have been drastically different. He remains one of the very few coaches to win a continental treble on TWO different teams, and has won league titles in England, Spain, Italy and Portugal, and it is said that you're never too big to fall to a Mourinho team, no matter how good your squad is. More than any coach, he's mastered the art of doing so much with so little.
As soon as porto won the champions league Mourinho told them that porto will never win another champions league ever. They had one chance and they took it they'll never be this good ever again
8:48 And this is one of the biggest differences between American sports and everywhere else. Why would an owner know what players are needed to be let go/brought in? They do it from a business perspective not performance. The manager is the one building the team every week, is in training with the players every day, he’s the guy that knows what is needed to move forward, not some dressed up businessman.
it used to be the case that the team owners set the budget and the managers presented their transfer targets to the board, who decide whether to give the ok. Recently we've had sporting directors added to the mix, who are like a middle layer between the two. That said, if the owner wants someone, he has the ultimate say. Perfect example would be Shevchenko to Chelsea, which was Abramovich's doing, and was generally conisdered to be a silly move.
its "normal" for coaches to be very involved in the transfers. depending on the team but more often then not, a good team would buy around the coaches recommendations.
football managers used to be in charge of recruitment now they still mostly are but they have alot more staff to do the dog work they more nowadays tell the recruitment team the sort of player they want the recruitment team set it up and negotiate it and the manager just rubber stamps it (unless the club is poorly run, if you give managers players they dont want it starts falling apart pretty quickly), the reason head coach has crept into football as a term as opposed to manager in the previous century managers oversaw everything at the club now they are more coaches
If you want to check out more history about coaches i recommend cheking out the video, Inside the mind of the greatest ever: Johan Cruyff by football iconic, his contributions changed football forever
What!? He spent an absolute fortune at Chelsea, broke the British transfer record several times and then went on to manage Madrid! He’s spent loads. He did at United too and got sacked for being mid table.
You're gonna learn/understand a lot more with football manager, but still remember it's a game and some things like wages, ... are a little bit different, and since it's a game, there's strategies that work better, even if not especially in real football ; but basically a coach can buy a lot of players and even ask for money to the owners, but in the end the owners have the last say, it depends on the budget, on the vision of the club, on how the owners trust the coach,... 8:30 usually it's rare to buy so many players because you have to keep the base of the first team to keep at least some experience of the tactic and teammates, if you replace too much the players it's gonna be a free-wheel type of situation because they don't really know how their teammates play + will need time to adapt to the tactic
So, Mourinho once stated that he likes Hegel’s philosophy. This is a philosophy of oppositions, so to speak. Mourinho understands how oppositions form and synthesize. And since so many teams are offensively minded, he opposes that with defensive mindedness. He see big teams filled with talent so he builds a team of strong athletes. The media fuels speculations so he resists its and amplifies it. He’s a great manager. It’s more difficult these days though.
You’ll often see players celebrate by taking their shirts off in a Final because there is no next match in that competition, so the yellow isn’t nearly as much of a threat, only for the current match.
You should learn about Rehhagel. He is a phenomenal Coach from germany. He won many trophies with Werder Bremen, but his greatest deeds were, that he became Coach for kaiserslautern, when they were second League, got them to first League and won the League with them the next year against Bayern München, Dortmund, etc. His second great deed was winning the Euro 2004 with greece, which was unbelievable.
I generally think he better with "underdog" team, his best is to get Free and underrated player, especially player trust him and ready to fight for him, just like what he doing with AS Roma right now, get free player and underrated player. As Manchester United fan, after Sir Alex, we can't even get a trophy, then Mourinho came, he make us win C2, but after that we sack him because we choose Pogba. Hope he stay at AS Roma, the fans love him, the player love him and I support Roma to win the Scudetto next year
Of course the final decision is made by the team owner who is the one that has the money. But it's pretty common the coach does all of this because they usually have a preferred style to play and the need players for the roles on that tactics to work well. So if you have some expensive players that you need you won't fully exploit you find players that fit the needs and price make sense and sugest to the owner the sell and the buy justified with the tactics needs and no money loss for the team, and they usually get what they ask. The owners ususally try to give the coaches the oportunity to show what they can do as they were hire for that and usually is expected that the coach arrives with ideas of changes to implement they vision for the team. Hope it helps. Loving to see how much you learned and care about the sport already. I love that the messi effect will expose americans to this beatiful sport and you'll start to understand why is the most popular and loved sport world wide.
It wasn't a yellow card back in those days for taking your shirt off. I can't remember the year, but it was Diego forlan, he took his shirt off to celebrate, and couldn't get it back on for some reason, that was when the rule was introduced. There's footage somewhere. 😂 I think it was the shirt sponsors putting pressure on the ruling bodies after this, saying they were missing exposure.
"Is it normal for a manager to sign and transfer players?" That completely depends on the league. In England, yes, many players sign players. In Germany there are very few that do so (Magath/ Rangnick). In Spain it is also not that common, because teams are like in Germany many times controlled by its members and there are no majority owners. If that is the case their are presidents or directors that focus on the players market.
The signing and selling players will depend on the type of Coach, and specially on the kind of weight he brings to the team. Getting a serial winner coach and not listening to what he needs/wants is a waste of money. The are a lot of power struggles and management, from Agents, President, Manager and Players, quite a mix. Usually the player offloading is either the player is not part of the tactic, or relationship with coach. Coaches don´t get much into this, its a board/agent problem. President´s either are ex-players, and understand about the game or just leave to agents and managers
Mourinho create an era using defensive football to win everything. This can be done cos most of the teams during that time is more offensive mind, he can use counter attack and park-the-bus to win matches. But that era is short, cos 2 reasons. Pep possessions tactic, it can break up the low block. And when weaker team facing Mourinho, they just play counter attack too. That why now Mourinho tactic only work on cup match and not league match anymore. Mourinho good at teaching defensive but no good teaching attack. So when attacking, he will give the attacking players full freedom, unlike Pep. That why some genius attacking players like him and hate Pep.
How much say the Manager vs the Sporting Director has in recruiting varies by team and by league. For example in England the Manager is usually the top dog but in Germany its the sporting director. It also varies by team for example if a manager is more experienced and has been at a club longer he would have more say than a sporting director who is very green and vice versa.
Level 80 should be the cap imo. I work a full time job and I played the game solo, reached 80 the other day. I am completely done. Given the time i takes to gain a single level at this point and the fact that it increases exponentially, I know I will not be able to get to 100. I would probably start a new class if 80 was the cap, but knowing i will never finish it puts me off. I think the group xp bonus is dumb since it's never going to be a group oriented game. There are no intrinsically group-designed activities, just xp bonuses to create an illusion of togetherness.
A manager is not going to use a player who does not fit his system. If the owner buys players without the agreement of the manager, then he's just throwing money in the bin, because that player is not going to play and just costs the transfer fee and wages, and his value will decrease because he's not playing, so they won't even make their money back from selling him on. The player himself is not likely to agree to move if he cannot see himself fitting in the team, especially if he is highly regarded both at his current team and in general. If the owner decides to make a full team of players where the manager is forced to use some because he doesn't have many of his original players left, the team is not going to perform because they're not the right players for the system (look at Chelsea in the season just gone, so many players came in, with no idea if they're going to be cohesive together, and then they got rid of the manager so the players there aren't even the players to fit the manager's play style [although in fairness, a good manager should be able to adapt to the circumstances], and then they finished 12th, their lowest finish since 1994 and their lowest points total since 1988). No performance on the pitch, and then there's a drop in income. From a purely financial aspect, it makes no sense for an owner to just buy the players he wants without consulting the manager, because you're either contributing to poor performance, wasted money or a combination of both. Furthermore, owners often have little first-hand experience in football, and even if they're fans, they're not best placed to know exactly which players to buy. An owner can think they know the system and try to buy accordingly, but it won't necessarily work out. An owner has to be able to trust that the manager can make good decisions for the performance of the team, and the manager has to go into conversation with the owner knowing exactly how much money there is to be spent so that the club isn't overspending. Basically, the owner needs to respect that the manager is an expert in football, and the manager needs to respect that the owner is an expert in business and that the football club itself is a business, and for the club to work as a whole, both manager and owner need to be able to come to an agreement over player purchases.
If u want to see the most mental team that won the champions league is Celtics Lisbon lions they won it with a team of players who had all been born within 30 miles from the stadium
In real FOOTBALL..they not call that coach…they call it manager….they not only coach buat team management include transfers player they will involve…club sporting director only suupport them
Ok, it definitely isn't the last fairy tale in football. For instance, Leicester City winning EPL is so much more monumental an achievement than this, it's not in the same universe. As much as this guy went out of his way to hype Porto's opposition in UCL playoffs that season, it objectively just wasn't nearly as strong as any other winner's. I admit that it was a very unique and entertaining season that year, but objectively, it happened that most of the usual UCL favorites were pretty weak that year and it's not a coincidence that an objectively mediocre team like Monaco was their opponent in the finals. Both were very lucky to get there, both had very questionable moments in some of their games. I.e. Monaco played Lokomotiv Moscow in 1/8 and barely got past them. It was just that kind of season. Nothing like that happened for more than a decade before or ever since after that season. Not trying to rain on Jose's parade, just need to keep it factual rather than emotional, as that guy is a blatant fanboy of Portuguese football and Jose personally.
Mourinhos the guy who will be impetuous and petulant with the media to take the focus and heat away from his players. He comes across as arrogant, manipulative and narcissistic, which he is to a degree, but his guys see a different side of him. He empowers them and they love him. Can’t think of a coach in US sports quite like him.
In reality he spends most money 😂 People said this only because he won treble with inter UCL with porto. But I. Real Madrid, Chelsea,man United,even Spurs he spends tons of money.
Are you serious??? The manager just has to work with whatever the owners give them in American sports?? That’s complete bs. How can they just disregard the tactics and philosophy of a manager and expect him to do well? Now I’m not surprised about how Man United have been operating under the Glazers 🤦🏽♂️
One thing that is often forgotten, the Mourinho era FC Porto team was NOT a defensive team. Solid and balanced, dangerous in transition, but very willing to take over the game in possession. Some of the most beautiful football we ever had at the club.
people only remember how he play in the league (and in the league, wherever he was coaching he was, and still is, always more defensive usually), because most people have watched him coach Chelsea/United or Madrid and not Inter or Porto, or Roma, but in the Champions league/Europa/Conference, he usually play aggresively, unless he is winning and the other team is "better" on paper, like it happened in the match against Pep's and Messi's Barcellona in 2009 at Camp Nou.
It was defensive even in Porto. I am a Porto fan and even I say he was defensive. Not in a bad way, not the italiano way, he player in transition and still does today, and even player that way in Real Madrid Squad that broke goal scoring Record. Vilas Boas who came after him used to play different, he player in possetion as opposed to Mourinho who player in transitions. Dont watch the highlights of that team, find a full game of Porto and Will see he always player this way. Or just look the way he player the final against Mónaco in the CL
@@1individeo I watched every game in that season.
@@luisnunes3863 I believe you because I had the same opinion at the time. But then 10 years after I re-watched some games of UEFA CUP and the CL and I realized at the time that I was biased for being a fan of both coach and club. Try to find some full game and watch again 20 years after
@@1individeo Then that just means the game has changed.
The manager usually tells the sporting director or owner who he feels is best for the team, as an owner if you hire a coach you must believe in his version of football and you'll try to get him who he wants when reasonable priced compared to club funds, but the owner is still an owner and if he wants someone he doesn't "have" to ask the Manager anything, his the head of the table
It wasn’t always like this, where owners override the manager’s decisions with players. Sadly, it’s changed over the past decade
Yeah,"sporting director" is a relatively new concept. Traditionally, managers would choose what players to buy or sell, obviously with owners having final say.
Gentle reminder that Mourinho’s teams are often called defensive or anti-football, but his Real Madrid was a goal scoring record breaker. Prime Ronaldo was something else, which helped.
Ronaldo didn't play well when he arrived in Real, Mourinho was a big factor for him adapting better and raising his game. I think that's the best Mourinho ability, he help his players to raise his game and reach their maximum level
@ernieb8490 Exactly, counter attack when done right are the highest scoring strategy simple because you break defence that aren't ready. France national squad is a perfect example of that. They thrive in counter attacking football. The faster the game is, the better it is for them.
Even as Pep fan, I can't deny how phenomenal Jose Mourinho is.... his philosophy, his tactic, his mindset and his managing style is phenomenal. You gotta love Jose Mourinho.
i dont think he's one of the "you gotta love him" type of a person.. he's done many things people hate..
But you absolutely gotta t
respect this man"s knowledge and achievements, that's absolutely a must.
In most, if not all teams, the manager has the final say over transfers. Some teams have a Sporting Director or Director Of Football who will perform a role that usually involves leading the scouting and recruitment operations. They will present the manager with a list of possible signings in positions that that manager has said they want to improve - and in some teams, the Director of Football will perform contract negotiations with players.
In terms of outgoing players, sometimes the owners and Director of Football will insist that a player is sold because of financial reasons, or if another team has given an offer that is too high for the finance people to ignore.
But ultimately, the manager is the final say for the playing squad.
Back then sporting directors were not very common. Manager would have a lot more control over the clubs especially the likes of ferguson, wenger, mourinho. Nowdays most if not all teams have a sporting director and they work with the manager on transfers (the amount of power a manager has varies depending on the club). More of a head coach nowdays rather than an actual manager like the old days
The coach in most clubs has a lot of a say of who is signes since you cant just buy anyone in football and expect them to work in the system
the fact tht he won the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE with fc porto in 2004 is the most impressive achievment in football managers history.
truly a special one
More impressive than a team like Wigan winning the FA cup the same year that they got relegated? 🤣
Ridiculous hyperbole. Porto won the UEFA cup in 2003. They weren't nobodies in 2004. The most impressive achievement has to be Ranieri taking a Leicester team that just avoided relegation to winning the league by 10 points.
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@@matthewchampion8214Difference between winning a premier league and winning a champion league is astronomical. Winning a UCL is more difficult and impressive.
@Edwin-dj1vy you can get lucky in cup games. To win a league is so difficult, hence the 5000-1 odds
Jürgen Klopp did something similar when he went to Dortmund who just came back from the brink of bankruptcy (which in itself is a fascinating story) and sorted out plenty of quality players who simply didn't fit his system.
If you love offensive minded philosophies then you should know that Mourinho built the most offensive team in football history (no joke) Real madrid 2011/12, react to that team it was a joy to watch
Man, 2003/2004 was an insane UCL season...such pain and insanity, unpredictable at every level, group, stage...When Milan lost to Deportivo, it was shocker to the whole of Europe. When the final came, everyone was like - who the hell are those teams and how did they get here...? Well, Mourinho happened...
What? Porto was already a champions league winner at this point! And literally won the Uefa Cup (Europa League now) the year before! And Deportivo during those years were a powerhouse of Spanish football! You'd have to be new to the sport or living under a rock to not know these teams!
@@joaopinto4535 It is not like they were powerhouses before Europa mate, or since. Of course we knew them but they were not a force to be reckoned with. Real and Milan were favorites that year. Winning Europa rarely means you win UCL either. And Depo was strong indeed; so was Valencia, Villarreal and Sevilla but it was all about the Galacticos early 2000s. I think you misunderstand my comment - it was not that they were not known to anyone but nobody expected them to go that far. BTW Porto has 1 UCL in 2004, what are you on about being already a UCL champ?
@@EskiZagra Porto had won the 1987 European Cup, the former Champions League!
@@joaopinto4535 If you want to include the European Cup, fine, you got 2. 17 years apart! So was Nottingham forrest (twice!) and Steaua Bucarest. Do you see them around anymore? Do you expect them to win soon again? Point was - nobody was expecting Porto to do so well and only few people outside of Portugal remembered ' 87 - except perhaps Porto fans like you. Mou did incredible job with that team, Porto fans probably didnt expect it themselves but only hoped about it; you tell me.
4:36 now, in the present day, that his more scientific approach to coaching and other types of innovation in the training has been copied by basically every football club, that right there, is the only thing that still makes him special and different, his ability to motivate the players and have them perform at waaay above their level, and it is astounding, the players seems to be almost hypnotised by him, they are willing to sacrifice everything for him, they will play injured, they will play out of position, they will, if they are strikers, completely accept the possibility to not score any goals, if that is what Mourinho want them to do, and the fans are also mesmerised by him and become a huge asset for his team, to give you an insane stat, one of which it is very hard to be beaten by any other coach i think, at one point he had a 150 games unbeaten streak in home games....let that sink in...that is just insane, but it is no small part also because of the ability he has to rally the fans in a way that very few managers can.
All of this of course, especcially since that motivating/communication skills is right now his only real big assest that it is left of the "Special One", it can be a hit or miss, mostly because for it to work you need a certain type of players with not that big of an ego, or, if they have big egos (like Ibrahimovic for example) Mourinho makes them feel like they are the strongest players in the world, he inflate their ego even more and he let them express themselves on the pitch, so in turns, those same players feel like they need to prove to Mourinho that they are indeed worthy of his praise, almsot like a reward; or he can do the opposite, and so nag a specific player, treat him badly, even in the press, for then motivate him to play better and to strive to prove Mourinho worng...i know this sound crazy, but it has happened multiple times, public outburst between Mourinho and a player, with said player not even playng anymore for many matches...and then all of a sudden that player start to get better and better, and by the end you can see him not only being strongest than he ever was and starting regularly, but also, when Mourinho leaves, even many years after,pubicly saying that Mourinho was the best coach they ever had and that their bond was special.
All of this at clubs like Madrid, United and....strangely (but it was confirmed by other coaches as well, like Conte) Tottenham, was not possible, since the big players of those clubs toughts of themselves as bigger than the manager and too accomplished to be motivated by him....that is why it is entirely plausible that Mourinho is always going to be able to only win with the underdog teams (not that at Chelsea, Madrid or Untied didn't win anything...because he did win a lot with those clubs, just not the Champions League) because they are better suited for both his tactics and his real talent, his ability to motivate players and fans...that is why the "debate" (not really a debate, just the usual mentality of "Pep is the best" therefore Mourinho s**ks and vice versa) of him not winning the Champions League with bigger clubs is so stupid in my opinion, and it is no different than the messi vs Cr7 fanboys debate.
He spent a bloody fortune man. Maybe not early in his career but from Chelsea onwards
All those clubs spend fortunes every year. Mourinho was just one more.
Maybe, but he definitely had money at Chelsea, Madrid, and most other places he coached.
The guy has never won a UCL whenever he managed a team with money, goes to show he can only perform well when he is treated as an underdog. I still respect him though, his fans are just annoying.
In transfer market, its yes and no. The coaches don't have the ability to buy but they do influences the team to get what they want, thus when a coach wants a player the board try the best to help him by buying the players. Selling is also good for the board as they gain transfer fees and decrease the monthly wages of players. Though the sporting directors are the ones responsible for many transfers and sometimes they can get players that the managers do not want or players that don't fit the system(Mourinho has experience in many clubs of this happening to him) while also selling crucial players due to fiances.
Love watching someone go through their football journey of learning and putting their own ideas and interpretations forward, I’ve played football manager for over 10 years now so I’ll probably join that member thing to watch how you play, on the transfer part you were asking about managers did have say so in who they were bringing in , moreso back then when it wasn’t as common for a director of football to be making the decisions on who they’d go after. Most of the time now it’s the DOF who with the scouting team look at players and with the managers input they try to sign players, sometimes it’s not the first choice player the manager wants or even a player that the manager wanted in the first place and that’s when transfers are more likely to go south. But in football manager it’ll show you the full range of how transfers work, whether it’s release clauses wages bonuses add ons instalments relegation wage clauses and most importantly whether or not a players head has been turned by a potential transfer to a dream club, I think FM do a great job of making the most realistic simulation of what it’s like being a manager obviously it’s not the same but their database is used by many clubs and it’s a great way to learn all aspects of a football season as well as the differences between leagues and what rules may be present in one and not in another etc
We will probably start filming FM content for July
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You're the coach, you're building and managing the team's philosophy, so it makes complete sense to choose the players you'd like to recruit. Tuchel (ex-Chelsea coach) got waved away because he didn't agree with the president recruitment directive, and whenever the direction decides who they want to recruit the results are always terrible, we talking about PSG in recent years, Tottenham, Chelsea today, Real Madrid Galacticos, Barcelona with their last president, etc... I don't know, i find it completely logical to recruit as a coach the players you want and the perfect example is Pep with Man City, he always asked for the best and most expensive players and the direction believed in him, it took years and billions but they finally achieved what they always dreamed of.
Head coaches aren't managers. The two titles are now at least in the prem treated as different positions. Arteta of Arsenal was promoted from head coach to manager after gaining the trust of the board. Some clubs have sporting directors to handle transfers and a head coach to handle training and matches (e.g. Tuchel). Managers are head coaches who handle more than just training (e.g. Sir Alex, Guardiola, etc.). Sir Alex famously didn't conduct training too often but handled nearly everything else down to recruitment of his backroom staff and developing the youth setup of Utd in the late 80's and 90's.
Mourinho is the best strategus example of leadership! Thanks 4 sharing this!
Despite his era in real madrid not being the best..but Morinho built the legendary real madrid lineup that conquered footbal until last year
The influence of coaches on transfers vary from country to country. In Germany for example there is the coach and the sporting director (official title may vary), who is supposed to work in concert with the coach but is chief responsible for the squad composition, which he has to accomplish with the money the club leadership is giving him to use.
In England the coaches usually have more influence and are more directly involved in signing players. I think that’s why they are more often called manager instead of coach. Of course they can’t do it alone, they still need to cooperate with the owner, the board and so on but something like a sporting director is usually not a thing at all
He’s a super decent guy too. Very charitable.
Mourinho is the definition of if life gives you lemons make lemonade . Works with whatever he has and brings success.
After Porto the only success he had was after spending big money.
The role of manager has evolved over the years, they used to have a big say (if not the final say) on who would be acquired and who would be let go.
Do reaction videos on Jürgen Klopp, you'll understand why Football coach in Europe is called manager
The GOAT manager 🐐. Able to transform any team into gold
Apart from Man United, Spurs…
I think you said it
American football like other sports have a head coach ....
In football we call the headchoach manager because they also control trades.
When a team appoints a head coach, that is to imply that they also have a sporting director in charge or trades....
Traditionally most football teams use managers therefore they have significant input in trades.
Watch the story of david villa by the same channel. A true underdog story.
Barcelona and Spain legend
Ive been following you since you started doing football stuff during the WC.
Im not a discord member or a patron but I would urge you to do a reaction on Ajax of 95 when they won the CL.
Its a great story of young players, the most attacking style of football you will see and a genius coach.
We all thought it was some kind of weird fluke that Porto won UCL and agaist Monaco but it in the end it was Mourinho vs Deschamps (he is the French national coach now)
Mate i love this channel i am from the UK ✌️
Jose is so under rated definitely one if the greats I recommend playing the football manager game to fully understand the role and yes managers are involved in the transfers
Have you thought about inviting some youtube fan-channel content creators onto your podcast, so you and your friend can learn more about the club, the supporters, their history and journey, thoughts on the last season, transfers, etc. It'd be a good learning opportunity and maybe it'll help you find a club to support.
I watched the original 3 times .this vid is a masterpiece
The whole transfers situation is different for each club. My favorite team is AC Milan. The current coach didn’t have much say in transfer. That was left to Maldini, the technical director. Recently ownership changed at the club and they fired Maldini. It was stated that the coach, Pioli will have more say in the transfer market. But they also appointed their previous Chief Scout, Moncada, to technical director to help unearth and sign hidden gems. Milan are now set to pick up an 18 year old Argentine player that is likely one of Moncada’s finds.
Most of the time a sporting director makes the transfers and scouting but often applied to the position and type of player the team requires. But for the purpose of video games like football manager, being involved in transfers etc is far more enjoyable
Often the manager has input though
@@knightheaven8992 yes, mainly only input on positions they want. Unless they are well known for recruiting as manager, like Postecoglu (new Tottenham manager) is.
Regarding how managers approach transfers and finances.
Most teams let the manager and his team (scouts, analysts etc.) handle their targeting but will also give them a budget they can work on. This is typical in most clubs baring the few exceptions. Owners still have the final say and they also have their own advisors within scouting departments.
The exceptions are Board driven clubs like Real & Barcelona, for example, They will do all the scouting and decision regarding the signing of players, the manager can have his say but ultimately its the boards decision. Typically the board will go with managers wishes, like Barcelona did with Pep in the past and Xavi now. But sometimes they can piss of the manager (Pep for example).
Another exception. Some managers don't care about the player's name specifically, they look for profiles in players. A manager can say to the board, find me a left footed good passing defender. The board can then make the decision to sign for example, Gvardiol from Leipzig for 100m€ or go for Aymeric Laporte which may cost 30-50m€ depending on negotiations. They are both left footed, good passing and solid defenders. One is younger and other is older. Ultimately though the club will choose which one makes sense for them. Manager gets the type of player he wanted and everybody is happy.
They have a say in who is signed. How much depends on the structure of the club and the profile of the manager.
That’s why in football they are “managers” not just coaches as it is in nfl or nba
"Monopoly" in the UCL is an exaggeration. Apart from Real's recent dominance (which has definitely come to an end with Benzema and Casemiro gone while Modric and Kroos are very old), there's been a variety of top teams winning it ALL THE TIME. It is after all a league of the best teams, you don't expect a small club to win just like you don't expect Villarreal to win La Liga or Leicester to win EPL again. Teams like Porto or Red Star Belgrade will only win the UCL only when the stars align for them, which is as rare as it should be - that's not even counting surprise finalists like Spurs or even Inter this past season.
Also a sidenote to drill my point further that "monopoly" is an exaggeration: Liverpool were as dominant in the 80s as Real were in the 2010s. It's not unusual and it will always end.
Benny McCarthy is one of the most respected and feared coaches in his home country South Africa. And the whole nation loves him.
23:03 Mourinho’s early teams were actually not defensive teams at all. His Porto team scored the 2nd most goals ver in the Portuguese league and his Chelsea team recorded 95 pts, a record at the time. It’s only when he went to Inter and was facing teams with a much bigger budget did he start “Parking the bus”.
In fact after leaving Inter, his Real Madrid team is the highest scoring team of all time in the top 5 European Leagues.
Actually, his Inter side was not that defensive. He usually played with Milito, Eto’o, Snejder e Pandev. Inter had the most goals in the league. However, most people remember that team for the second leg defeat against Barcelona, where he parked the bus down a man. That, plus the Italian defensive style fame, made people assume he liked playing without the ball. Wrong. In my opinion, Mourinho is able to understand very well his players and find the best strategy.
You should definitely take a look at Sir Bobby Robson
8:30 it depends on the team, the culture etc. Premier League managers are usually heavily involved in transfers, budget etc.. In Portugal, as well as in most of Europe, it depends on the ego of the chairman (or CEO or whatever).
If he's smart, he'll allow the manager to get involved and even talk to potential signings beforehand to learn about their character. If not, he'll go out by himself to get a bunch of players in every transfer period, just to be loved by the fans.
Theres some coaches that just coach and recruitment is left to the "sporting director" or "director of football" or "head of recruitment" and typically they will probably have the job title of head coach, while other times some are far more demanding and controlling and leverage the fact the owner has come and given them the job, that they would have full control of operations and they would usually act without the dof or have more influence, and they would be given a job title as a "manager"
Yes it’s normal for the manager to run the transfers.
Only recently in football did they start adding in extra staff to plan the transfers (director of football).
Some owners step in , and mess it all up. They shouldn’t .
React to Real Madrid Coach leaving to train the Brazilian National team
What do you mean "won EVERYTHING without money"? The victory without money was only for FC Porto. Chelsea was and still remains one of the richest clubs in the world, Inter Milan also experienced no problems with funds and had an awesome squad.
Daily Dose of Football is an amazing channel
You should browse the videos of that channel to see if another catches you eye. The stories are told with passion and are very entertaining.
This video doesn't even quite do justice to 03/04 Porto. The team was built on a shoestring budget compared to most teams of the time. Of the named players, only Deco (who played a few solid seasons at Barcelona before fading behind other creative talents) and the defensive duo of Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira, which Mourinho brought with him to Chelsea, ended up having a significant career (with José Bosingwa ending up a solid back up option). The rest of the team was either too old or too technically limited in many, many senses, some of which arguably not even good enough for the Portuguese league, but Mourinho squeezed every little last drop of football out of them. The 2-1 victory at home against Manchester United in the last 16 remains one of his greatest tactical masterpieces, as the likes of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and the most in form forward in World Football at the time in Ruud Van Nistelrooy were hounded and beaten on the counter by several masterclass marking decisions. The final was one of the most onesided affairs in UCL history, with Porto winning 3-0 and making teams like Real Madrid look utterly pedestrian for not having solved the Monaco puzzle. (and the coach on the other side was no schmuck, as Didier Deschamps went on to become one of the very few players to win the World Cup as player AND coach)
What makes Mourinho unique is his ability to break any and all tactical principles to make his team win. While this video doesn't cover it, he would go on to win the Champions League again with Internazionale Milano, taking a team that had been somewhat torn apart after a decade of getting overshadowed by eternal rivals AC Milan and their European greatness, and collecting a bunch of players that many saw as past their prime, and playing some of the most defensive and dogged football known to Europe. Infamously, they met Messi, Xavi and Iniesta's Barcelona at the peak of their powers, in a season where they were brushing aside any and all defenses and scoring almost for fun, pasting 4 past Stuttgart and perennial contenders Arsenal as if they were a mid-league table. Mourinho then went on to perform one of the greatest smash and grabs, playing extremely sharp counters fed by Wesley Snejder and Zanetti to his forwards Milito and the talismanic Eto'o, while shutting down all incursions from THAT Barcelona.
The 3-1 win was followed by what's been called "the best loss in Champions League history". Nurturing a two-goal lead against the single best club football side in arguably the history of the entire game, Mourinho travelled to Camp Nou against the most adverse possible conditions: a fully fit, rested Barcelona buoyed by FURIOUS club support. In doing so, he played one of the greatest moments in football, reviving one of his words of war: "park the bus", an expression that brings the visual of parking the team bus in front of your goal with the express purpose of playing a game to not lose. Playing fully defensive against Barcelona was considered tantamount to footballing suicide, as you were welcoming the best creative team on the planet to have possession and do what they want in your own half. Mourinho simply believed that he could sufficiently defend his own net with marking of inside spaces and wings while playing a defensive-focused formation, that it was a better option than to play out expansively and get shred to tatters in the space. Barcelona held a staggering amount of possession, but they simply could NOT break down Inter that game. Because they're the best team ever, they still managed to score late by Piqué in the 84' to set up the most nerve-wrangling 10 minutes of football played between styles, but Inter came out the game 1-0 losers only, going through on aggregate, and beating Bayern in the final 2-0. Messi, who'd scored 8 goals that UCL and would go on to score 12 next year, and win the damn thing, scored no goals against Inter in both matches, and was effectively pocketed the entire second leg.
Nowadays, Mourinho's reputation is perhaps not as great as it once was (despite having led a hapless Manchester United to a Europa League title, and Roma to a Europa League final with lesser budgets than other Italian teams), as he's regarded as the last great defensive coach in a more offense-press oriented meta. Still, the Mourinho style is both mental and emotional. Buy into him, heart and soul, and he can make an average team look glorious. His mental siege style, "us versus the world", "we're the underdogs", media-manipulation antics which lead to extreme team cohesion and great unity, lead to both hilarious media moments and extreme loyalty, and players like Samuel Eto'o have come forward and said that without Mourinho, their careers would have been drastically different. He remains one of the very few coaches to win a continental treble on TWO different teams, and has won league titles in England, Spain, Italy and Portugal, and it is said that you're never too big to fall to a Mourinho team, no matter how good your squad is. More than any coach, he's mastered the art of doing so much with so little.
As soon as porto won the champions league Mourinho told them that porto will never win another champions league ever. They had one chance and they took it they'll never be this good ever again
The Special one, the greatest
8:48 And this is one of the biggest differences between American sports and everywhere else. Why would an owner know what players are needed to be let go/brought in? They do it from a business perspective not performance. The manager is the one building the team every week, is in training with the players every day, he’s the guy that knows what is needed to move forward, not some dressed up businessman.
it used to be the case that the team owners set the budget and the managers presented their transfer targets to the board, who decide whether to give the ok. Recently we've had sporting directors added to the mix, who are like a middle layer between the two.
That said, if the owner wants someone, he has the ultimate say. Perfect example would be Shevchenko to Chelsea, which was Abramovich's doing, and was generally conisdered to be a silly move.
Goat coach with ferguson
Take the ball pass the ball, documentary
its "normal" for coaches to be very involved in the transfers. depending on the team but more often then not, a good team would buy around the coaches recommendations.
football managers used to be in charge of recruitment now they still mostly are but they have alot more staff to do the dog work they more nowadays tell the recruitment team the sort of player they want the recruitment team set it up and negotiate it and the manager just rubber stamps it (unless the club is poorly run, if you give managers players they dont want it starts falling apart pretty quickly), the reason head coach has crept into football as a term as opposed to manager in the previous century managers oversaw everything at the club now they are more coaches
in football your building block players are known as the spine of the team
If you want to check out more history about coaches i recommend cheking out the video, Inside the mind of the greatest ever: Johan Cruyff by football iconic, his contributions changed football forever
What!? He spent an absolute fortune at Chelsea, broke the British transfer record several times and then went on to manage Madrid! He’s spent loads. He did at United too and got sacked for being mid table.
The director of football is the same thing as a gm in American sports
You're gonna learn/understand a lot more with football manager, but still remember it's a game and some things like wages, ... are a little bit different, and since it's a game, there's strategies that work better, even if not especially in real football ; but basically a coach can buy a lot of players and even ask for money to the owners, but in the end the owners have the last say, it depends on the budget, on the vision of the club, on how the owners trust the coach,... 8:30 usually it's rare to buy so many players because you have to keep the base of the first team to keep at least some experience of the tactic and teammates, if you replace too much the players it's gonna be a free-wheel type of situation because they don't really know how their teammates play + will need time to adapt to the tactic
So, Mourinho once stated that he likes Hegel’s philosophy. This is a philosophy of oppositions, so to speak. Mourinho understands how oppositions form and synthesize. And since so many teams are offensively minded, he opposes that with defensive mindedness. He see big teams filled with talent so he builds a team of strong athletes. The media fuels speculations so he resists its and amplifies it. He’s a great manager. It’s more difficult these days though.
Just so you know cards weren’t given for celebrations during those times it’s actually fairly new.
football managrs ar coachs+front office that is the fun of it. In football managr its the same,in fact thats the reason i play it
You’ll often see players celebrate by taking their shirts off in a Final because there is no next match in that competition, so the yellow isn’t nearly as much of a threat, only for the current match.
You should learn about Rehhagel. He is a phenomenal Coach from germany. He won many trophies with Werder Bremen, but his greatest deeds were, that he became Coach for kaiserslautern, when they were second League, got them to first League and won the League with them the next year against Bayern München, Dortmund, etc.
His second great deed was winning the Euro 2004 with greece, which was unbelievable.
Rehakles 😄🙌
I generally think he better with "underdog" team, his best is to get Free and underrated player, especially player trust him and ready to fight for him, just like what he doing with AS Roma right now, get free player and underrated player.
As Manchester United fan, after Sir Alex, we can't even get a trophy, then Mourinho came, he make us win C2, but after that we sack him because we choose Pogba.
Hope he stay at AS Roma, the fans love him, the player love him and I support Roma to win the Scudetto next year
Of course the final decision is made by the team owner who is the one that has the money. But it's pretty common the coach does all of this because they usually have a preferred style to play and the need players for the roles on that tactics to work well. So if you have some expensive players that you need you won't fully exploit you find players that fit the needs and price make sense and sugest to the owner the sell and the buy justified with the tactics needs and no money loss for the team, and they usually get what they ask. The owners ususally try to give the coaches the oportunity to show what they can do as they were hire for that and usually is expected that the coach arrives with ideas of changes to implement they vision for the team. Hope it helps. Loving to see how much you learned and care about the sport already. I love that the messi effect will expose americans to this beatiful sport and you'll start to understand why is the most popular and loved sport world wide.
It wasn't a yellow card back in those days for taking your shirt off. I can't remember the year, but it was Diego forlan, he took his shirt off to celebrate, and couldn't get it back on for some reason, that was when the rule was introduced. There's footage somewhere. 😂 I think it was the shirt sponsors putting pressure on the ruling bodies after this, saying they were missing exposure.
"Is it normal for a manager to sign and transfer players?" That completely depends on the league. In England, yes, many players sign players. In Germany there are very few that do so (Magath/ Rangnick). In Spain it is also not that common, because teams are like in Germany many times controlled by its members and there are no majority owners. If that is the case their are presidents or directors that focus on the players market.
The signing and selling players will depend on the type of Coach, and specially on the kind of weight he brings to the team.
Getting a serial winner coach and not listening to what he needs/wants is a waste of money.
The are a lot of power struggles and management, from Agents, President, Manager and Players, quite a mix.
Usually the player offloading is either the player is not part of the tactic, or relationship with coach. Coaches don´t get much into this, its a board/agent problem.
President´s either are ex-players, and understand about the game or just leave to agents and managers
I mean yeah! But he’s not the only underdog who beat big clubs win the history. But yeah! They were driven
Thats the wrong Cisse pal lol 18:16
Without money?! Lol good one
Mourinho create an era using defensive football to win everything. This can be done cos most of the teams during that time is more offensive mind, he can use counter attack and park-the-bus to win matches. But that era is short, cos 2 reasons. Pep possessions tactic, it can break up the low block. And when weaker team facing Mourinho, they just play counter attack too. That why now Mourinho tactic only work on cup match and not league match anymore. Mourinho good at teaching defensive but no good teaching attack. So when attacking, he will give the attacking players full freedom, unlike Pep. That why some genius attacking players like him and hate Pep.
Well in some Clubs yes in some no. Germany does not have the coach make decissions. In England this is quite Standard
I can't agree.
He spent 370m euros in 3 years between 2004-2007...
How much say the Manager vs the Sporting Director has in recruiting varies by team and by league. For example in England the Manager is usually the top dog but in Germany its the sporting director. It also varies by team for example if a manager is more experienced and has been at a club longer he would have more say than a sporting director who is very green and vice versa.
This is why he is my goat,unlike the superteam chaser I will not even mention 😂
Level 80 should be the cap imo. I work a full time job and I played the game solo, reached 80 the other day. I am completely done. Given the time i takes to gain a single level at this point and the fact that it increases exponentially, I know I will not be able to get to 100. I would probably start a new class if 80 was the cap, but knowing i will never finish it puts me off. I think the group xp bonus is dumb since it's never going to be a group oriented game. There are no intrinsically group-designed activities, just xp bonuses to create an illusion of togetherness.
A manager is not going to use a player who does not fit his system. If the owner buys players without the agreement of the manager, then he's just throwing money in the bin, because that player is not going to play and just costs the transfer fee and wages, and his value will decrease because he's not playing, so they won't even make their money back from selling him on. The player himself is not likely to agree to move if he cannot see himself fitting in the team, especially if he is highly regarded both at his current team and in general. If the owner decides to make a full team of players where the manager is forced to use some because he doesn't have many of his original players left, the team is not going to perform because they're not the right players for the system (look at Chelsea in the season just gone, so many players came in, with no idea if they're going to be cohesive together, and then they got rid of the manager so the players there aren't even the players to fit the manager's play style [although in fairness, a good manager should be able to adapt to the circumstances], and then they finished 12th, their lowest finish since 1994 and their lowest points total since 1988). No performance on the pitch, and then there's a drop in income. From a purely financial aspect, it makes no sense for an owner to just buy the players he wants without consulting the manager, because you're either contributing to poor performance, wasted money or a combination of both.
Furthermore, owners often have little first-hand experience in football, and even if they're fans, they're not best placed to know exactly which players to buy. An owner can think they know the system and try to buy accordingly, but it won't necessarily work out. An owner has to be able to trust that the manager can make good decisions for the performance of the team, and the manager has to go into conversation with the owner knowing exactly how much money there is to be spent so that the club isn't overspending. Basically, the owner needs to respect that the manager is an expert in football, and the manager needs to respect that the owner is an expert in business and that the football club itself is a business, and for the club to work as a whole, both manager and owner need to be able to come to an agreement over player purchases.
CHELSEA LEGEND, MOURINHO!
the man my father named me after 😂
If u want to see the most mental team that won the champions league is Celtics Lisbon lions they won it with a team of players who had all been born within 30 miles from the stadium
The special one.
In real FOOTBALL..they not call that coach…they call it manager….they not only coach buat team management include transfers player they will involve…club sporting director only suupport them
depends. It's not a thing in all leagues. Brits do it, German clubs usually dont for example.
Ok, it definitely isn't the last fairy tale in football. For instance, Leicester City winning EPL is so much more monumental an achievement than this, it's not in the same universe. As much as this guy went out of his way to hype Porto's opposition in UCL playoffs that season, it objectively just wasn't nearly as strong as any other winner's. I admit that it was a very unique and entertaining season that year, but objectively, it happened that most of the usual UCL favorites were pretty weak that year and it's not a coincidence that an objectively mediocre team like Monaco was their opponent in the finals. Both were very lucky to get there, both had very questionable moments in some of their games. I.e. Monaco played Lokomotiv Moscow in 1/8 and barely got past them. It was just that kind of season. Nothing like that happened for more than a decade before or ever since after that season.
Not trying to rain on Jose's parade, just need to keep it factual rather than emotional, as that guy is a blatant fanboy of Portuguese football and Jose personally.
Yes the coach that has spent the most in the football history WON everything without money.
Mourinho is the greatest coach of all time
And a football genius
Where can I watch your football manager when you start?
Is the title for real? The guy has managed Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea, three of the riches clubs in the world.
Without Money? 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mourinhos the guy who will be impetuous and petulant with the media to take the focus and heat away from his players. He comes across as arrogant, manipulative and narcissistic, which he is to a degree, but his guys see a different side of him. He empowers them and they love him. Can’t think of a coach in US sports quite like him.
It depends
Well he spent enough at Chelsea, Man U, Madrid
In reality he spends most money 😂
People said this only because he won treble with inter UCL with porto.
But I. Real Madrid, Chelsea,man United,even Spurs he spends tons of money.
Are you serious??? The manager just has to work with whatever the owners give them in American sports?? That’s complete bs. How can they just disregard the tactics and philosophy of a manager and expect him to do well? Now I’m not surprised about how Man United have been operating under the Glazers 🤦🏽♂️
Jose Mourinho has by far the highest expenditure of any manager in football history. To say he won WITHOUT MONEY is ill-informed, to say the least.
So... No mention of nightmarishly bad refereeing in the second leg against Man Utd? They should never have got past them, it was not fair at all.
Bro is the manager with the most money spent wym won everything with no money??😭