The hair is whiter now.
Mourinho has portrayed himself as “extra altruistic” and “much less selfish”, which can little doubt amuse those that have adopted his profession.
The Benfica supervisor has even insisted he has not returned to his homeland to “wage conflict” after reaching out to Porto president Andre Villas-Boas – his former colleague – and Sporting president Frederico Varandas.
But the obsession stays.
“Others settle for defeat, however he fights that,” Peseiro mentioned. “Even now, he does not settle for dropping. He lives for soccer.
“Usually, once you age, you perceive. ‘I lose, no drawback, it is life' – however he is nonetheless the identical. He has much less associates than others as a result of the main focus is soccer, soccer, soccer. He is a passionate man. He does not wish to lose. He needs to win.”
It will not come as a shock, then, that in his first week at Benfica, Mourinho took goal on the video assistant referee.
He additionally spoke on to referee Sergio Guelho at half-time to ask why he had not booked Rio Ave goalkeeper Cezary Miszta for slowing the sport down throughout a 1-1 draw.
And he isn't precisely been shy in critiquing his personal facet in public, claiming they have been “naive” after conceding a late equaliser.
Sound acquainted?
Kalou was 20 when he joined Chelsea and walked right into a heavyweight dressing room recent from profitable back-to-back Premier League titles underneath Mourinho.
The Ivorian shortly realised his new supervisor was a straight talker.
“What I preferred about him probably the most was his honesty,” he mentioned. “He won't ever sugar-coat something. As a participant, I revered that.”
Kalou felt the complete pressure of Mourinho's sharp tongue even after the Portuguese left.
After watching Kalou rating in opposition to his Inter Milan facet, in 2010, Mourinho knocked on the Chelsea group bus post-match and requested his former participant to come back outdoors.
“While you have been with me, you did not rating like this,” he instructed him. “Watch out!”
Soccer has modified, in fact.
However Mourinho made it clear to his Benfica gamers following his appointment that he could be “very direct”.
In addition to pledging he would say a “lot of fine issues”, he additionally vowed to inform them “quite a lot of dangerous issues”.
