Jose Mourinho
In Nemanja Matic and Thiago Motta, Wednesday’s Champions League clash between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain pitches together two examples of a central component in the Jose Mourinho trophy-winning formula.
Tall, left-footed holding players, Chelsea’s Matic and PSG’s Motta excel both with and without the ball, fulfilling the principal criteria that Mourinho has come to look for in the ‘number six’ defensive midfield position.
The Chelsea manager first encountered Motta during his time as Louis van Gaal’s assistant at Barcelona, where the future Italy international arrived as a 17-year-old from his native Brazil in 1999.
Ten years later they were reunited at Inter …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
