Penalties have ever been a cause of controversies where losing team blame opponents for being a victim of it while there are many cases when referees also faced the anger of losing side. But this time, we are talking about master craftsman of contemporary soccer: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who is as good outside the field as he is inside any match. This second term serving manager is known to win psychological battles against top opponents and often successful in demoralizing star opponent players before any high profile match. Liverpool starlet Luis Suarez, who faced more penalties and red cards than anyone else in the current season, has also been on the radar of his critics and Mourinho is one of them. He recently said that one of their opponents is a master of penalties and known for using the most sensitive area near goalpost as the marching zone and then faces the penalties. He even calls it a well-planned move by his rivals to find a way to excuse their defeat against The Blues. Actually, Portuguese football manager is the most well performed manager among every team playing in the English topflight coz of his fighting spirit and his ability to stay away of controversies. However, he made many not liked statements especially when he said; their position on the top is just misleading which saddened his fans as well.
Pointing the intentional penalties in some recent games, the 51-year-old Portuguese said, “You know the kings of the penalties, you know where they are — and they’re not here. We had a big opportunity in the second minute of the game when other players with other shirts would go for a penalty and a red card for the keeper. Hazard doesn’t do that. He tries to go away from the keeper and he misses from a difficult angle, but other players in this league, in that situation, they attack the keeper. I did not see a video of Eto’o and the penalty but I want to.”
Since, they are ruling the League table, he does not see any other team suppressing them at least in the current season, however, as far Championship League is concerned, he is optimistic that both City and Arsenal are capable of coming back their first leg trail against high profile European champions, i.e., Barcelona and Bayern Munich. What he said about their chances in the European tourney, “Can’t City win in Barcelona? Barcelona lost against Valladolid and lost at home against Valencia. So, why can’t they win? Arsenal, at Bayern, can they win 2-0 and go to extra-time? Difficult. Probably the most difficult, but they can.”