PSG Most Aggressive Team to Play Chelsea by Jose Mourinho
After an exciting 1-1 draw in Paris in mid-February, PSG boss Laurent
Blanc used his pre-match press conference for the return leg to highlight the antics of Blues striker Diego Costa, who he claims 'provokes opposition players'.
Mourinho was quick to fire back in the war of words and stressed the French champions' physical approach to the first encounter and in particular the way they dealt with Chelsea's star forward Eden Hazard.
The Portuguese manager said: "I was surprised. In that game, I was surprised. The team with fantastic players was the team with fouls, making foul after foul, stopping Hazard with fouls all the time.
"They were attacking the man in possession of the ball with two or three players and having some very aggressive actions. A team where even a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a typical attacking player, was coming back and tackling Hazard from behind to stop counter-attacks.
"I have to be fair that I thought that an English team would never be surprised by aggression. Of course, aggression we have in our country.
Mourinho was quick to fire back in the war of words and stressed the French champions' physical approach to the first encounter and in particular the way they dealt with Chelsea's star forward Eden Hazard.
The Portuguese manager said: "I was surprised. In that game, I was surprised. The team with fantastic players was the team with fouls, making foul after foul, stopping Hazard with fouls all the time.
"They were attacking the man in possession of the ball with two or three players and having some very aggressive actions. A team where even a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a typical attacking player, was coming back and tackling Hazard from behind to stop counter-attacks.
"I have to be fair that I thought that an English team would never be surprised by aggression. Of course, aggression we have in our country.
Posts
Leave a Comment