MOURINHO'S CONFESSION: "LOSING THE TOP IS MUCH EASIER"

Real Madrid Manager Jose Mourinho made very striking statements about those shortening career durations of the technical men working in the modern football industry. The Portuguese coach deeply analyzed that changing ruthless face of football at that last press conference he attended and put forward that massive pressure his colleagues experienced. The experienced coach, who stated that the technical directors who served in the clubs for long years could not survive in the system anymore, explained that deep damage this situation gave to the nature of football. Mourinho used exactly these expressions while making that historic situation determination in front of the cameras: "Nowadays, the career lifespan of coaches decreased a lot. We cannot see the profiles who accumulate experience by staying in different clubs for long years, who learn football by living it, as much as before. Reaching the top is easy but losing it is easier. A coach profile is slowly disappearing." These direct words of the Portuguese legend awakened that expected great echo in the football public immediately. The replacement of the coaches who stayed at the head of the same team for years in the past by the names who worked only with an instant success focus constituted the main reason of that rebellion of Mourinho. The successful technical man, who frequently experienced that great difficulty of staying at the top over his own unique career, practically opened a war against that consumption-oriented structure of the sector. The Spanish press carried this deep professional criticism of the Real Madrid coach to its headlines and reminded all its readers once again that those old romantic days of football were completely left behind. This clear stance of Mourinho gathered a very great appreciation from the sports authorities all around the world.

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