The Special One has once again defended his style of play. On a number of occasions during the second half of the season, opposition fans were critical of Chelsea’s style of play, despite the fact the were champions elect. Following the success of Pep Guardiola’s time at Barcelona, the importance of possession has grown in importance, with the latest generation trying to re-create a possession based game.
As well as this, Roman Abramovich had been reportedly trying to mirror the famous style of play that was implemented at the Nou Camp. Mourinho had to this say: “When people talk about a new generation of coaches, what is the new generation? The generation will always be the ones that win.”
Mourinho went on too add: “And the ones that win occasionally or never win will always be something else.” Mourinho has managed sides such as Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid to success over the years, without implementing a style of play that revolves entirely around possession.
The 52 year old added: “What it is, is people who got some idea, some philosophy, and want to create something like ‘We build very well from the back, we have a very good ball possession we don’t play counter-attack,”
“But if you don’t play counter-attack then it’s because you are stupid. Counter-attack is a fantastic item of football, an ammunition that you have, and when you find your opponent unbalanced you have a fantastic moment to score a goal. So I think people are creating (illusions) and it has influenced public opinion. But football will never change. Football is to win.”
