MANY COMMENTATORS WERE unimpressed with how Jose Mourinho and Chelsea went about their business in the Champions League last night, and the RTÉ panel were no exception.
John Giles said Mourinho was “trying to be a bit of a genius” with his team selection, while Liam Brady pointed out that even at Real Madrid, the Special One struggled to play attacking football.
Eamon Dunphy, meanwhile, was the most vociferous of all in his criticism, saying “every stage show has its sell-by-date,” and suggesting Mourinho no longer had “the respect of his peers in the game”.
Check out the full discussion below.
Claudio Ranieri got some work done?
Unfair advantage to the home teams and it would be even more daft if they played it on neutral grounds..
@……: it would all be played in the country where the final will be held. There would be no home teams … unless a team(s) from that country make it to the final stages. So there would be no unfair advantage. Dublin/Ireland could host these and it would be amazing. I liked the new format and would be happy to see the change.
With 60%+ of tickets at recent finals going to UEFA’s ‘corporate partners’ and the like, I don’t see this as a good step for the future. It’s basically excluding every day fans and diehard fans of clubs.