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maxpro-xl,
If you say mourinho won the champions league without controversy then you are a novice in football and probably you are one of the fanatics of chelsea that just joined theor fan base let me give you instances if you dont know of the the controversy that made mourinho won the champions league.

Mourinho may be blessed with the memory of an elephant, but he certainly chooses to use it very selectively.

Mourinho didn’t win his Champions League trophies just with “hard word, pride, effort and sweat” - he also received some favourable refereeing decisions (and fortune) along the way. In the 2003-04 edition, his Porto side were on the verge of elimination during their second round tie with Manchester United. Ahead 1-0 in the second-leg at Old Trafford, the dominant English champions had a Paul Scholes goal scandalously disallowed for a non-existent offside decision. This meant that a last-minute strike from Costinha, following a shocking goalkeeper error by Tim Howard, put Porto through 3-2 on aggregate. Mourinho didn’t complain, instead he raced down the touchline for his famous celebration.

In the 1-0 semi-final victory over Deportivo, Jose also benefited from outrageous refereeing. In the first-leg in Portugal, which finished 0-0, one of Depor’s star players Jorge Andrade was sent off for playfully kicking at former team-mate Deco. The pair unsuccessfully remonstrated with referee Markus Merk that they were just fooling around, Andrade repeating the words: “He’s my friend, he‘s my friend”. The red card had a huge bearing on the tie. Without their rock in defence, Deportivo lost the return 1-0 at home, and Mourinho’s Porto proceeded to the final where they beat Monaco 3-0.

Fast forward six years to Mourinho’s second Champions League triumph, and once again Inter’s success was not as black and white as he'd like us to think. Granted, the Nerazzurri were deserving champions, but they had their rub of the green on the path to glory too. In the second round first leg with Chelsea at San Siro, the Londoners would have probably returned to Stamford Bridge with a 2-2 draw had referee Mejuto Gonzalez awarded Chelsea a penalty for a clear last-man trip on Salomon Kalou by Walter Samuel, which could have also potentially resulted in a red card for the Argentine.

In the classic semi-final win against Guardiola’s Barcelona, Mourinho has every right to complain about Thiago Motta’s unjust red card in the second-leg that forced Inter into a heroic rearguard action in Catalonia. But he overlooks Diego Milito’s offside third goal in Milan, which was ultimately the difference between the two sides on paper.

As for Guardiola’s supposedly “embarrassing” Champions League successes, the 2009 semi-final second-leg at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Barca is in danger of turning into a mythical old wives' tale with Barcelona as the evil baddie. The truth is that of the five penalty claims that were turned down by referee Tom Henning Ovrebo, only one was a penalty – the clear handball by Gerard Pique. Dani Alves’ obstruction on Florent Malouda may have been inside the area, but obstruction is only a penalty offence when really serious, and this was not. The same can be said for Eric Abidal’s slight pull of Didier Drogba’s shirt before half-time, which preceded a one-second delay before the Ivorian catapulted himself onto the floor like he’d caught the plague.

In the episode involving Drogba and Yaya Toure on 56 minutes, both were wrestling each other, and even if Kolo’s younger brother did draw back the Chelsea hitman, it was well outside the area. Finally, regarding Michael Ballack’s last-gasp appeal against Samuel Eto’o, the Cameroonian may have had his arm higher than usual, but it was clearly ball-to-hand (the very top of his arm and back), while he also had his back turned. FIFA’s ‘Laws of the Game’ at the time were crystal clear on this.

It is amusing that Mourinho conveniently overlooked the fact that Abidal was wrongly red-carded on 65 minutes for a ‘professional foul’ when Anelka had tripped over his own feet. This forced Barcelona to chase the last 25 minutes of the game with just 10 men. As a result the space opened up for Chelsea on the counter-attack, and it was only after this dismissal that the stonewall Pique penalty incident occurred. It is also peculiar how Mourinho discarded the performance of referee Wolfgang Stark (Yes, the same WOLFGANG STARK from Real Madid vs. Barcelona) in the first-leg at Camp Nou. During that game, Stark waved away an excellent Thierry Henry penalty shout, failed to send off Ballack, and also harshly booked Carles Puyol, forcing Barcelona to start a left-back at centre-back, and a centre midfielder at left-back in the second-leg.

The semi-final comparison to be drawn between Chelsea 2009 and Real Madrid 2011 is that both teams played anti-football against Barcelona. While Mourinho got his tactics spot on in the first two Clasicos of April, and Real Madrid picked their moments to attack Barca, in Clasico III the Special One was far too negative and brought the problems on himself. Pepe’s red card was undoubtedly harsh, but once again Mourinho ignores the fact that his naturalised countryman should have been sent off during the Copa del Rey final a week earlier. The big decisions in Valencia went the way of the Blancos.

Mourinho must realise that, despite his genius, he cannot win every single trophy every year. That is an impossibility and he needs to accept his rare defeats with grace. To attempt to downgrade the achievements of a Barcelona side who are probably the most exciting club XI we have ever seen - and on their way to challenging the likes of Ajax 71-73, Bayern 74-76 and Milan 89-94 for the title of greatest ever club team - is truly dishonourable. To be unable to support his wild theories with facts is hypocritical and slanderous

I believe with this information you will be able to avail yourself with football history that involve mourinho because you sound like someone that just started watching football 2weeks ago.

glorex,
are you dreaming?when barca won 2-0 2009 was there any incidence of red card?we all know MAN U fans were scare of barcelona progressing to the final aha aha aha aha a you dont have a choice vidic,ferdinand,rafeal,oshea and fabio must be prepared on how to curtail messie,xavi,iniesta,pedro and vila else they will go home crying more than mourinho and ronaldo did.

vislabraye,
prove me wrong chelsea were not robbed they robbeb themself.had drogba took his chances instead of playing to the gallery they would have seal the game.are'nt they ashamed of themself that barcelona were a man down and they were the attacking side while the park the bus.
According to fifa rules it was a penalty chelsea deserved which was pique handling the ball even some sport journalist still call it ball to hand because anelka played to hit his hand.barcelona were denied penalty in nou camp and if you could remember same ref was the one that officiated.ballack,essien and others needs to be red carded yet the ref did not issue any did pep do any name calling or term it a scandal.
mourinho said he knows how to play 10men against barcelona and either win or draw why did'nt he uses same method or did he forgets his diary that he wrote the set in portugal in home town.let him learn to accept defeat even if the ref made mistake that he promised madrid champions league and could not fulfil it this season does not mean that is end of football he can wait for next season.
is kicking part of football?agreed alves faked it what was his intention when he raised his booth stud on alves?uefa has penalty for such intention if you dont know ask people that are vast in football.arsenal's case was different van persie was wrongly sent off when the ref thought he had and decided to play the ball

they will not accept defeat MAN U fans are scared of repitition of 2009 that was the reason they were in support of mourinho.i told her a friend after the king's cup that pepe will see red if he comes to champions league with same attitude of king's cup that he excaped.
there is no team dat does not pretend but madrid players try to say they don pretend here are their blockbuster epic film.
1.marcelo diving while alves did not touch him. did mourinho complained?
2.marcelona flying like superman and he got crouch carded.did mourinho complained?
3.his second goal against barca when he was in inter was off even pedro's goal in king's cup final that was dissallowed was controversial yet no complain from pep.
Pep is just too arrogant and full of himself and he is angry because he will not be take madrid to champions league final his dream has been shattered by the specialist pep and it was part of the arrangement he had with madrid.

they will still not accept mourinho is a sore loser he always complains when decision goes against him and celebrate when it goes against other teams and he won.Why did'nt he criticise the ref that gave crouch red card when marcelona clearly fly like a pilot with a parachute.
He was happy and they won the game with goals margin.did mou know that the red card change the game and the ref killed the game as well.did mou knows that tot deserve a penalty when madrid came there to play but ref wave play on.
Mou will regret even coming to la liga it is not epl or seria A where he can intimidate ref with media la liga is not about media it is about playing soccer not using world start to defend.
If mou could use de maria,ronaldo,alonso,pepe,ramos,diarra,marcelo,raul albiol and ozil to defend.what will he use lesser players to do?he will probably use them to help casillas to keep

hey,all barcelona here should read this and learn what football is http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2011/04/29/2463454/scholes-2004-abidal-2009-milito-2010-jose-mourinho-is-a

sidwell,
must messi play in another league to show he is the best.did maradona played in epl or pele if you dont know football you should keep quiet and read more.
messi is good player he does not need to play in epl or another league.why must he leave barcelona when he is not money-driven players like ronaldo.ronaldo moved to madrid because of the money nothing more he said it himself.

poster,
if you call that cheats then pls tell mou to teach his players how to defend and stifle players not by kicking and stepping on players foot.i am a barcelona fan though did not support the red card it would have been yellow instead of red but that does not change the game since he is master of all.
He says that whenever he wants to play with barcelona he trains with 10 players,what happened yesterday did he forget the training with 10 players i told a friend before the kickoff time that if pepe comes into champions league with his kung-fu cum hard tackle football he will definately see red.
did you watch the king's cup final?pepe,alonso and arbeola were busy kicking and stepping on barcelona players yet they were not shown any card,yesterday marcelo intentionally stepped on pedro's leg yet no complain when the ref waved played on.did you watched ramos shoving messi aside before he was shown yellow.
mou should learn to play football because when he plays other clubs in champions league he did not instruct the players to kick their players.cant you ask this question why do madrid players enjoy kicking barcelona players.is that a strategy to weaken their beautiful football?i can hear the cry of ronaldo in the dressing room when he was busy blaming his team mates for now showing winning zeal.
to correct your sentence barca did not cheat madrid they cheated themself they should learn how to play football barcelona played 10 against 11 2009 against chelse even when abidal was wrongfully shown red.barcelona did not complain when madrid won the king's cup and the ref was influenced by mou's statement 2 of madrid players were supposed to be shown card yet nothing happen.madrista learn to accept defeat once and for all

poster/seller,
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things are will indicate your ties to your country

1.marriage certificate and pictures to show and child if any.

2.working in a reputable firm that will indicate you will come back

3.business

4.property

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bros1234,
You are one of the most retard i have ever witnessed on nairaland you are a fool and it seems you are not educated enough neither you were able to read books on religion.
I guess you are sick i will not say more than this.where is it in the bible that wealth accumulation is part of preaching christianity?

until we get the peck off our eyes nigeria will remain docile in the hands of religion leaders living life of opulence in a country that average nigerian lives daily on 8$ and you are here saying touch not my anointing.they use the bible to instil fear on the congregation so that they cannot be question.
questions you people refused to aswer are below

1.Is that how jesus lived his life before he died?
2.does jesus acquire any property in los angeles,washington or has any private jet,ship or yatch?
3.does jesus live a life of opulence?
4.what does the bible say in Ecclesiastes?vanity upon vanity all is vanity.
5.what does the bible says about religion leaders rubbing shoulders with politicians yet,could not tell them the truth about leading a country.
6.what moral right has he got to own an oil well?
7.Does jesus own oil well in israel?does he appropiate any wealth to himself or family.
8.what has religion gat to do with business empire?christianity is a selfless services not business empire the way nigerians have taken it.
why cant we wake up for once it is a wake up call that will make nigerian a better place religion is business empire now even business men are investing in it.
A pastor once told us that he was persuaded by a group of business men that he will be given 500m naira if he can leave his present church to establish his he refused because of the love he has for the church not what he will gain though the man is wealthy as well.
What does this teach us?that christianity is a business that even politicians now supports it is high time they list their stock in NSE and lets those interest have a share of their pie.
Oneluv God will see us through and release those that have been blindfolded by the sugarcoated pastors that he has been called or he is a man of God

until we get the peck off our eyes nigeria will remain docile in the hands of religion leaders living life of opulence in a country that average nigerian lives daily on 8$ and you are here saying touch not my anointing.they use the bible to instil fear on the congregation so that they cannot be question.
questions you people refused to aswer are below

1.Is that how jesus lived his life before he died?
2.does jesus acquire any property in log angeles,washington or has any private jet,ship or yatch?
3.does jesus live a life of opulence?
4.what does the bible say in Ecclesiastes?vanity upon vanity all is vanity.
5.what does the bible says about religion leaders rubbing shoulders with politicians yet,could not tell them the truth about leading a country.
6.what moral right has he got to own an oil well?
7.Does jesus own oil well in israel?does he appropiate any wealth to himself or family.
8.what has religion gat to do with business empire?christianity is a selfless services not business empire the way nigerians have taken it.

ah aha aha aha aha aha aha prophet indeed prophetic message to accumulate wealth is that part of his calling?na waooooooooo.do yo know that tunde bakare accused of some years back of heresy books he has been writing?i dont think you are aware of this

bunmifx,
Who told you that they are men of God?are you the one that made them men of God?we are not judging just venting our anger on their life style

Harakiri,
i support your statement it is when we open our eyes to the fraud committed by this pastors that is when nigeria will move forward.they capitalised on the poverty in nigeria using religion to fleece them telling them God will bless them the more they give to the church.Can you explain a situation whereby a pastor will tell his congregation that the lord told him that he needs to ride a SUV this year.the people that will donate are those that were not able to buy common okada.
My bros in usa is an atheist just because of the way nigerian pastors have become billionaires

pastors with billions cannot help the poor.how many people were he able to affect their life in kwara?just to rip the poor off and buy jets.very soon his son will be a pastor and one of the parish will be given to him to milk the poor as well.

There no africa pastor that practised what jesus did in the bible if he has wealth or property it will be indicated in the bible if not maybe they have tore such parts that said jesus is a billionaire.how can a pastor own four private jets?even nigerian govt with its frivolous spending they cannot afford to buy 4 private jets for selfless use.
They have turn religion to business empire whereby family members are part of it succession is within the family cycle this is more than fascism that the italians have practised it is senseless whomever say it is right then the person needs to come up with proof in the bible to back up his claim that jesus the pastors profess so much had billions and property to himself.
The little bible knowledge i have jesus does not have a car just a donkey he travels with to help the poor and heal the sick it is even stated in the bible that jesus disrupted traders wares in the church premises an indication that he detest business running in the house of the Lord.

it is even high time they start paying tax like the oil companies we have in nigeria because they are earning alot without putting anything back to the society

It is only in africa especially nigeria that pastors are stinkingly rich more than annual budget of a country.whats the correlation between his wealth and the average worker in his church.they tell to pay tithe else God will not bless you or take away your blessing.

fxtopedia,
You are fool you are the one sucking whats my business with his wealth.what am saying if really he is practising christianity why the wealth accumulation?if he is your uncle or brother you rather go to a psychologist and seek for check in your senses because that is not how jesus practised christianity.can you point or direct me to a chapter in the bible that jesus accumulated alot of wealth to himself.was he not the one that helped the poor.how many people has he helped with his wealth.Churches in nigeria are nothing different from Harold shopping mall.maybe you are one of his sucker that is why you have the gut to tell me am sucking fool like you

bunfimx,
who has he helped abroad?can you post the lsit of people or less privilege that he has helped?the university he built in his state can poor kids afford it?that is not how jesus did it according to the bible this is pure wealth accumulation not religion again

this is errant nonsense how can a pastor owned 4 private jets valued at billions of naira while the masses are in abuja struggling over a bag of rice

With the economy doldrum of nigeria a bishop can afford 4 private jets when a poor man cannot eat a square meal.is that what jesus practise or preach about in the bible wealth and material things accumulation?Pls,can someone tell me the meaning of vanity upon vanity is all vanity and i guess this was meant for the pastors that have not made it according to one comedian and immediately he has made it he will tell you my God is good he is not a poor God.
God will save this country this pastors mostly in nigeria are not moneybags more than our nigerian politicians !  ! ! ! ! ! ! !    ! !! this is part of the ill of the society that needs correction this is not our religion should be practise.Commercialed religion na waooooooooooo

her virginity is special to her not nigerians or nairalanders it does not have any effect on us.whats our business if she is a virgin

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whats special about her virginity?will that fix our electricity,roads,health and education sector

nigeria institution is no go area in respect to programming they are not teaching student recent programming languages what they use is cobol,pascal,basics and fortran while schools abroad teaches .net and other new lanaguages

i will never vote for jonathan because he is not confident of himself neither does he know how to fix nigerian niggling problems of electricity,refinery,bad roads,ill equip hospitals and errant corruption.He looks frail and shaky in his speech it is absurb that we have such man as a president.someone that supports MEND even when it is glaring they were behind the bomb blast.someone that supports massive importation of fuel jonathan will fail nigerians just watch and see.the fuel subsidy he has been budgeting is more than what obj does.