Bolas e Letras
Era para ser sobre futebol e livros. Mas há tanto mundo mais, a mente humana dispersa-se perdidamente, o país tem tanto sobre que perorar, eu perco-me de amores bem para lá da bola e das letras: Evas, vinho, amor, amigos, cinema, viagens, eu sei lá!
The special one - um ego maior do que o mundo
Ontem à tarde José Mourinho protagonizou uma das mais explosivas conferências de imprensa de sempre em solo italiano. Sete minutos de monólogo opressivo, em que atacou os media italianos, os grandes clubes italianos adversários do Inter, as mais destacadas figuras do futebol italiano actual.
Será que todo um país que respira futebol se irá vergar a este monstro dos "mind games", a um enormíssimo treinador que só se deixa trair por um ego maior do que o mundo, por uma crença inabalável nas suas razões? Este Mourinho quixotesco não corre o risco de se imolar na fogueira de moinhos do calcio em brasa que não cessa de semear? Esta malta de Setúbal é tramada, deve ser do choco frrriito.
Como dizia o meu amigo Mancha, safou-se no Porto por pouco, mas em Itália arrisca-se a acordar sem um bracito (eu diria mesmo, com uma cabeça de cavalo a fazer-lhe companhia entre os lençois, à boa moda italiana).
“I don't like intellectual prostitution, I like intellectual honesty. The rest depends on your judgement. However, it seems to me that in the last few days there has been great intellectual manipulation, a great job done to change public opinion, and for me this is a fantastic operation for a world that is not mine. This manipulation has been such a success that in the last two days they haven't spoken about anything else.”
“They haven't spoken about a Roma team with great players, the best midfield in Italy, with a lot of players who I wanted here, and who will finish the season with zero titles.”
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“They haven't spoken about a Juve that has won a lot of points thanks to refereeing mistakes. If Ranieri and Spalletti are together, then I'm with Zenga, Del Neri and Prandelli because all three have dropped three points against Juve, and I'm with Marino and Novellino who'll be playing against Juventus next weekend.”
“Perhaps this is the last time I will talk like this in a press conference, there are 91 days left to say 'Goodbye, have a good holiday', and I will go on holiday for a month and a half and I won't talk.”
“Ranieri and Spalletti? They are prime time. They are always guests on the evening television programmes. Every time I go in the changing room after the match and I turn on the TV, I always see Spalletti and Ranieri. Spalletti talks before the match, during the interval, after the match. He talks with one person, then with another. And it's me who's good at talking? I'm good because they tell me I have to talk. If Inter's press office tells me not to talk to the press for two months, for me it would be fantastic.”