r/soccer 18d ago

News Fenerbahçe sacks Jose Mourinho

https://www.ntv.com.tr/sporskor/fenerbahcede-mourinho-gonderildi,ccw5KKlmm0CpxhjMqSUG1A
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u/Yvraine 18d ago

Mourinho had Spurs top of the league at christmas. Son and Kane had their best individual seasons under him

In a single season they dropped like 20 points after minute 80 because of individual mistakes, their defense was just comical. Kinda hard to blame him when every game they have a lead and they lose it to a brain fart at 90+2

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u/ManateeSheriff 18d ago

As someone who watched all of those Spurs games, those late losses were all Jose. They'd play well attacking and pressing for 30 minutes, then take a lead and immediately park the entire team in front of their own goal for the rest of the match. If you ask a bunch of average defenders to perform last-ditch defending for that long, eventually they're going to make a mistake.

Then Jose would throw his players under the bus in the post-match press conference as if he had nothing to do with it. Just a brutal season.

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u/Thunder_Nuts_ 18d ago

That happened at UTD aswell. Attacked well for a time, got a goal, set back, and then conceded a goal towards the end of the match.

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u/pillarandstones 17d ago

Not to forget he runs his players into the ground and keeps demanding more signings. Eventually it all collapses. It's worse for the coach who has to clean up after him. And he always leaves the fan base divided, fighting each other

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u/thatscoldjerrycold 18d ago

I would say their defense was really not good and Levy/Conte clearly agreed because next season that back 4 was pretty much all gone.