Another victory for The Special One

Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan overcame the Champions League favourites last night, coming from behind to beat Barcelona 3-1.

They’ll take the two-goal advantage into the second leg at the Nou Camp knowing that scoring once would leave Lionel Messi’s side needing to score four times to guarantee progression.

Mourinho was seen by television cameras punching his own hand to illustrate the instructions he was giving to his players. Inter’s tactics of disrupting Barca’s flow, crowding them in midfield and giving them no time on the ball clearly worked, and he wasn’t shy of claiming the plaudits.

Mourinho said at the end, “It gives me great pride to say that we could go to Madrid to play the final or we will come home from Barcelona with our heads held high.”

“We’ve beaten the best team in the world and now Inter are a great Champions League team. If we don’t win it this year, we’ll win it next year or in two years time. We’ll be in semi-finals and finals – we’ve changed.”

Well done Jose, you really are special.

April 21, 2010