Mourinho on Inter Channel: "We're the same"

Friday, 20 November 09, 03:31 AM · Comments (0)

Jose Mourinho

"If Inter are crazy, so is the Interista. I, for example, have a crazy passion for what I do, and maybe Inter has a coach that is suited to the characteristics of the team and the Interista." With this certainty and with a smile on his face, José Mourinho concluded his second question and answer session with subscribers to Inter Channel.

Roberto Scarpini sat down in the studio with Mourinho a month after their first chat with the fans, and football was obviously the main subject. "You need luck to win the championship, Champions League and Coppa Italia, but you also need to be an absolutely fantastic team and have an absolutely fantastic season," said the Inter coach. "The Champions League is such a difficult competition where you meet teams with such quality that it's hard to say if it's better to finish the group in first or second position."

Mourinho also talked about his hobbies: "I like cinema. Anthony Hopkins is number one for me." About his phobias: "I don't like taking photos outside of a strictly footballing environment. It's a matter of privacy." About those who have made history: "I never had the chance to meet Giacinto Facchetti, but it's like I knew him because here at Inter, where I have been for a year and a half, they talk about him so much, it's like he's still here." And about those who could make history in the future, like Mario Balotelli: "If he supports Milan, then Pato is an Interista... Jokes aside, I don't think Mario is responsible for these things that I define as naive..."

There were also questions for Mourinho about his future. "I never said anything about my future to The Times. Me the Ferguson of Inter? The culture of us Latins is different. Do you think the empathy between me and the fans would be the same if I didn't win for two consecutive years?"

Continuing with the theme of the future, Mourinho revealed: "I took my son on the bench for the first time in Vaduz last Saturday. Did he give me suggestions? No, because he respected the situation, but during the return trip to Milan I realised that he had seen many things, had understood just as many, and this worries me a bit, because sooner or later the passion arrives..."

(WWW.INTER.IT)

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