'No one will do it again': Jose Mourinho replaces Manchester United feat as greatest professional achievement
José Mourinho has a new answer to the question about the greatest achievement of his historic coaching career.
The 'Special' has won major honors at Real Madrid, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Portoand he is the only coach to have lifted the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League titles.
However, he had previously surprised his fans by greeting manchester unitedSecond place in the 2017/18 Premier League season is his most important achievement as a coach.
But now he thinks differently and says he achieved something “impossible” during his two and a half years in charge of Roma.
“My greatest achievement so far? Two European finals with Roma”, Mourinho saying.
“Impossible to do it, I don't think anyone will do it again.”
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Mourinho was talking to CNN Romania before a charity match in Bucharest, where he will lead a World XI team, with Brazilian legend Rivaldo, against a 1994 Romanian All Stars team.
The manager led Roma to consecutive European finals, having won the Europa Conference League in its inaugural year before reaching the Europa League final the following season, where they were defeated by Sevilla on penalties, handing Mourinho his first defeat in six. european finals
The interviewer was surprised by the iconic coach's response and then asked him why he did not choose to win the Champions League with Inter Milan.
“That was easier,” Mourinho said. “Better players, a different club with different ambitions. Roma was more difficult.”
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Mourinho, now 61, has spent more than 20 years as a coach at the highest level of football.
He says he wants to continue directing for “ten more years,” amidst links to jobs in Saudi Arabiabut the 'Special' has revealed that he really wants to coach the Portugal team before definitively giving up his life on the bench.
When asked if he had turned down the opportunity to be Portugal coach to accept the job at Roma in 2021, he said: “It was a difficult decision, and perhaps the wrong one. I think so.
“Well… not bad,” he added later with a shrug. “Because I want to work every day, I want to train every day, I want to play two or three games a week and, in that sense, working in the national team is a different profile. It's more analytical, traveling, watching players, choosing players, there is no time to train.
“But Portugal is a fantastic team. Incredible players, the best generation. Portugal can win the European Championship, Portugal can win the World Cup, if they do well, they can do it.”
Asked if he would consider the call to take charge of the Portugal national team, Mourinho replied: “Yes, I think it would be a natural end, let's say, to my career to come home.”
