Wednesday, November 22, 2006

You play to lose only to make your children happy

Jose Mourinho on whether or not Chelsea will go for a win against Werder Bremen today:

"You play to lose only to make your children happy. Every other time you play to win, whether it is a friendly or the Champions League...You have to respect your opponents and respect the opposition and respect yourself, and that is what we will do." ( BBC )

A great line from "the special one". He is quite right: we always play to win. We can't help it.

Even in letting our little children win a little kickabout, we teach them to enjoy winning. We are making it a habit for them.

But when we are all grown up and playing in the Champions League it is ridiculous to imagine a team like Chelsea letting an opponent win...

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