Weight of expectation because of winning careers, says Mourinho
In the final press conference of the season in the Serie A, Mourinho was asked about those comments and if he believed that the critics were wrong about him and Ancelotti. The former FC Porto manager instead mentioned the fact that the teams both he and Ancelotti managed were not expected to win titles in the first place.
He said: “I believe that the problem with Carlo Ancelotti was that when you coach Everton you are not about to win the Champions League!
“And with me, you know, people they saw me taking up jobs where they thought that I could win trophies but they were not jobs where we were expected to lift trophies. But when you have such a winning career on a cyclical basis so to speak, you can expect that, people can say that.
“Personally I’m not worried about this [being replaced by younger coaches]. I do not think and focus on the generations, I focus on quality.”
Mourinho also defiantly told his critics that he, as well as Ancelotti, were far from being done at the top level. “It’s a matter of quality, motivation, passion. Without passion you are finished. Without pressure in the build-up to big games you are finished,” he said.
“I know very well myself, I know very well Carlito as well, but there are more examples that we could make. But we are the ones who will call it when we want to stop, and I’m afraid people will have to wait a long time before I say that it’s over!”
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