In sports, you are judged with how better you tune with your players and it holds specifically true for manager of a soccer team and his relations with his colleagues. There have been many duos in the past who proved be the finest pair with some memorable feats into their regime and Real Madrid used to be the home for one such duo comprising Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho. Though, Mourinho is now associated with Chelsea but he still recalls the glorious seasons he mentored The Vikings in with three consecutive qualifications to the Championship semifinal. Not only this, he also remembers the unforgettable penalty shootout miss to Bayern Munich during the second leg game at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu that cost them a UEFA title. Ronaldo missed the penalty to Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Los Blancos lost the game. It is hard to believe that a manager like Mourinho would recall his previous game and call it unforgettable especially if he is no longer associated with the same, but this is sometime called Jose Mourinho who thinks more than what he discloses on a public platform. This is a known fact that Chelsea and Real Madrid both are competing in current Champions League hence it is evident that these English managers would do anything to buy opponent players’ sympathy, or more precisely, loyalty by issuing statements regarding their memorable associations with former European giants especially if they fear with some specific players like of course Ronaldo.
Calling that lost as hard to forget, Chelsea manager told in his recent interview and said if you are having a player like Ronaldo in your team, you can’t expect him to miss the penalty shootout particularly if you are talking about Champions League semifinal, but if it happens, how can one forgets it for the rest of his life. He said, “To lose a semifinal on penalties when your best player, your best penalty taker, the player in who you put all your faith and pick to take the first penalty, reaches the spot and fails. That is a frustration which never goes away.”
Theses statements from the sides who have long been apparently targeting the Ballon d’Or holder seem to be a part of well-planned strategy after Ronaldo’s ill-highlighted disagreement with some recent selling by the European champions, hence we should not take it just a normal expression by the former Everton manager rather should await for more such pleasing info from both Manchester United and Chelsea in coming days just to lure their former bounty!