Suara.com – Veteran coach from Portugal, Jose Mourinho, has once again experienced the bitterness of being fired at club level. The ‘curse’ of the third season is real for the 60 year old coach.
Italian club AS Roma officially removed Jose Mourinho as head coach following a series of recent bad results.
Most recently, the Capital Wolves suffered a 1-3 defeat at home to AC Milan in the Italian Serie A League match, Monday (16/1/2024) early morning WIB.
The former Real Madrid and Manchester United coach took over AS Roma in May 2021, and led the team to win the European Conference League title in 2022 and advance to the Europa League final in 2023.
However, in this season, which is his third season at AS Roma, Mourinho was only able to bring the team to ninth place in the Italian League standings until the 20th week.
AS Roma also just got knocked out of the Coppa Italia last weekend after losing against city rivals, Lazio.
With his dismissal from AS Roma, this adds to Mourinho’s bad record in his third season in charge of the club, where the same thing also happened with Chelsea (2004-06) and (2013-15), Real Madrid (2010-13) and Manchester United (2016). -18).
Here are four interesting facts about whether the ‘curse’ of the third season is real for Jose Mourinho.
1. Chelsea
After leading Porto to win the 2003/2004 Champions League, Jose Mourinho accepted the challenge to coach Chelsea.
In the first season, the Portuguese coach immediately led the Blues to win the Premier League. This achievement was successfully repeated in the following season.
In the third season, Mourinho failed to bring Chelsea to defend the Premier League title. His relationship with club owner Roman Abramovich also deteriorated.
This was partly triggered by the appointment of Avram Grant as Chelsea’s director of football, despite Mourinho’s objections.
Mourinho continued to lead the team at the start of the 2007/2008 season, unfortunately Chelsea performed poorly at the start of the season. Finally, in September 2007, Mourinho officially left Stamford Bridge.
2. Real Madrid
The offer to coach Real Madrid was too tempting for Jose Mourinho to refuse. Even though he was successful in leading Inter Milan to win the treble in the 2009/2010 season, he decided to leave Italy and coach Real Madrid starting the 2010/2011 campaign.
In the first season, Mourinho led Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey after beating Barcelona in the final.
The following season, it was his turn to donate the Spanish League trophy to the Santiago Bernabeu public. This title was followed by the 2012 Spanish Super Cup after beating Barcelona with an away goals advantage.
Unfortunately, his third season in 2012/2013 did not go smoothly. Real Madrid achieved many negative results, including being eliminated in the semifinals of the Champions League.
Bad relations with Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas, two of the club’s popular players, put Mourinho’s career at Los Blancos on the line. At the end of the season, he left the club.
3. Chelsea (Second Period)
Jose Mourinho didn’t take long to find a new club after being released by Real Madrid. He returned to Chelsea in June 2013.
However, his first season back at Stamford Bridge only resulted in third place in the Premier League and being eliminated in the semifinals of the Champions League.
Mourinho proved his strength in the following season. He successfully led Chelsea to win the League Cup, which was followed by the Premier League title at the end of the season.
Unfortunately, the suffocating incident happened again. After extending his contract in August 2015, Chelsea’s performance actually sluggish in the third season of Mourinho’s second term in charge of the team.
The Blues only scored 11 points in the first 12 Premier League matches. After suffering nine defeats in 16 league matches, management finally terminated Mourinho’s contract while the season was underway.
4. Manchester United
After being unemployed for about six months after being kicked out by Chelsea for the second time, Jose Mourinho was appointed to coach Manchester United in 2016. He replaced Louis van Gaal, who only lasted 2 seasons at Old Trafford.
At that time, Mourinho carried a heavy burden because the Red Devils had difficulty finding the right coach after the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson.
In the first season, everything seemed to run smoothly. Mourinho immediately led Manchester United to win the Community Shield, English League Cup and Europa League.
Unfortunately, in the following season, Mourinho’s Manchester United did not have a title despite successfully reaching the FA Cup final.
Well, the third season of the 2018/2019 campaign ended anticlimactic for Mourinho. After only achieving seven wins in 17 Premier League matches, management finally fired Mourinho in December 2018.
After Manchester United, Mourinho also managed Tottenham Hotspur as of November 2019.
However, his achievements in the North London team were mediocre. Failing to provide a trophy, the coach nicknamed The Special One was finally dismissed in April 2021.