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"The Special One" has a strange love for controversies.
Mourinho's controversial comments have always given strong competition to his managerial triumphs for making it to the front pages.
His heart-piercing statements are strong enough to distract his counterparts from their gameplan.
Mourinho is famous for raising various eyebrows by initiating a war of words with his counterparts and officials as well.
Although, the Portuguese coach self-justifies his acts as "mere mind games" but surely this is not how the football community interprets it.
Let us look at some famous of Mourinho's famous controversies.
#5 False accusations made on referees
Losing is not tough, accepting your defeat is tougher.
Despite being a top-class football manager, Mourinho lacks this important attribute from his personality and hence, often exhales the frustration of losing publicly.
During his maiden tenure at Chelsea, Mourinho was fined € 8900 for making false accusations on the referee for planning a conspiracy with Frank Rijkaard against his team.
He gave such comments in the post-match presentation and faced widespread criticism. Mourinho was also given a two-match touchline ban as well.
But, these words outraged the Chelsea fans. A fraction of the fanbase sent death threats to the referee Anders Frisk, who was forced to quit!
#4 From special one to the silent one
Mourinho was at the peak of his career in Italy. His treble-winning season of 2009-10 at Inter Milan upgraded his image to that of a world-class manager.
But, Mourinho couldn't resist himself from controversies, even at such a glittering stage of his career.
The Portuguese manager frequently criticised the Italian football officials and started ignoring the questions put up by the Italian media.
Mourinho was fined € 35000 by the Italian Football Federation for criticising football officials and avoiding media appearances for three months.
Mourinho often used handcuffed expressions in the media and showed offensive expressions towards the referees, which instigated the Italian Football Federation to take this step.
#3 Poking at Vilanova
Mourinho's stint at Real Madrid was not a smooth ride. His tenure with Los Blancos was accompanied by the rise of Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.
As a result, he was prone to criticism from the "Royal's" fanbase.
In his three year stint at Madrid, unarguably, the most highlighted moment was his "one-on-one" with Tito Vilanova.
The incident took place when both the teams were coming out of the tunnel before the commencement of a crucial Clasico game. Mourinho poked Vilanova in his eye.
This was the first occasion when Mourinho left the trail of verbal attacks and took up the unexplored path of physical ones!
This gave a furious start to an already intense game. The game infuriated several red cards, hence the game finished 3-2 in the favour of the Blaugranas.
#2 Sneaking into the Barcelona dressing room
Mourinho, the self-proclaimed special one is special even when it comes to mischiefs!
One of the most serious, but hilarious Mourinho controversies was him sneaking into the Barcelona dressing room by hiding inside the laundry basket.
Barcelona eventually lost the game. This act of his was an example of a serious breach of the code of conduct.
#1 The latest one
After crashing out of the Champions League at the hands of Sevilla, Mourinho had to face attacks from the media as well.
His tongue slipped once again, this time not against the officials or the rivals but against his own club!
According to Mourinho, getting knocked out in the Champions League Round of 16 is not something new for the club. He was at the opposite end on two occasions earlier as well, Mourinho added.
This statement has dampened his image in the Red Devils' fanbase.
Mourinho is a great football manager given his past achievements, he has something "special" in him. These attacks by Mourinho seem to be a part of his mind game tactics, his stats against Arsene Wenger, inarguably, provide a strong argument in support of this!
