Like him or loathe him, you just have to respect him.
In fact, if it was anyone other than Jose Mourinho himself who penned the nickname the “Special One,” we would probably be quite happy to use it.
After the glory of Champions League victory with Porto in 2004, successive Premier League titles with Chelsea, and now a clean sweep of domestic honors in Italy, Mourinho stands on the brink of taking his Internazionale team to their first Champions League title since 1965.
However, his rival in Saturday final in Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, is no stranger himself to great victories and even greater accolades. Indeed, some media in Europe are even referring to the forthcoming final as “God versus Son of God.”
In fact, if it was anyone other than Jose Mourinho himself who penned the nickname the “Special One,” we would probably be quite happy to use it.
After the glory of Champions League victory with Porto in 2004, successive Premier League titles with Chelsea, and now a clean sweep of domestic honors in Italy, Mourinho stands on the brink of taking his Internazionale team to their first Champions League title since 1965.
However, his rival in Saturday final in Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, is no stranger himself to great victories and even greater accolades. Indeed, some media in Europe are even referring to the forthcoming final as “God versus Son of God.”
