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final-whistle-verdict-after-southampton.html
Final whistle verdict: Let's stick together
Sat 3 Oct 2015
Jose Mourinho says now is the time for everyone to remain united as we try
to come through this difficult period.
After today's defeat to Southampton Mourinho stressed there was absolutely
no chance he would walk away from his position. He added stability at the
club he loves was the key to turning things around.
He also explained why Willian and Nemanja Matic were withdrawn in the
second half today, before naming one youngster he expects to be given a
chance in our next match after the forthcoming international break. First
though he clarified his own position…
‘No way I resign,’ Mourinho said. ‘No way.
‘Why? Because Chelsea cannot have a better manager than me. There are
many managers in the world that belong to my level, but no better. So no
chance I run away.
‘Why? For two reasons. One: because I have my professional pride and I
know I'm very good at my job. Secondly because I like this club very much.
If that's not the case it could be different, but in the accumulation of
both situations I want the best for my club and the best for my club is
for me to stay, so I stay.
‘When we were champions last season I said I was going to stay until the
owner and the board wanted me to leave. No club can persuade me to leave;
no financial offer can persuade me to leave. I'm going to stay until the
day the owner and or the board say: "Jose, it's enough".
‘I said that when I was a champion and I say that now when I am 16th in
the table. No chance I resign. That is completely clear.’
Mourinho expects to guide his team to a top-four finish this season
‘I know that you know the history of this club, and you know every time
the results were not good there was a change of manager, but when I was
contacted to come back, I was told “we have had so many managers and we
know you are the best”.
‘I think it's time for the club to act in a different way, to mark a
position: a position of stability, a position of trust. Three months ago
we were all together on the bus with the cups. It's time for us all to be
together now at the bottom of the league.
‘I think in December, January, February, we are top four. To be champion
will be very difficult, but top four is completely doable. When you are in
such a bad season with such a bad start, if at the end of the season you
finish in the top four it's because you kept the balance in a difficult
season.
‘For me everything is clear. I have been in football for a long time and
the power is always with the owners and the boards in the end. I was
taught that from day one in my life, I was coached to understand and
respect that all the time.
‘Do the players trust me and feel I am the man for the job? This week we
spoke about it and the answer was undoubtful.
‘When the supporters booed the Willian decision, I would so the same as
them if I didn’t know Willian was ill and vomiting at half-time and the
doctor said it would be difficult for him to continue. If they have a
negative reaction I would do the same because the results are not the
results we want.’
Nemanja Matic was taken off having been introduced at half-time
‘It was not humiliating [for him]. I don't do that to anyone in football
or in life. It's something if I do, I do without any intention. I like the
players, I trust them and I know they are good players but some of them are
in a difficult moment, and Matic is one of them. He is not playing well,
he is not sharp, defensively he is making mistakes.
‘I played him because Ramires was doing a great job on Mane, but with a
yellow card and an inexperienced referee I was afraid of a second yellow
card, so I changed him for Matic. With the second goal I needed to make a
change, play another striker for a player from midfield.
‘I kept Oscar because he creates more, I kept Fabregas because, maybe
because of his formation at Barcelona, he copes better with the pressure.
Even not playing well his emotional stability is high. I decided to take
Matic off, but I like the player very much. I have a fantastic
relationship with the boy.’
We were denied a penalty when Falcao was brought down inside the box
minutes before Southampton's second
‘The referees are afraid to give decisions for Chelsea. At 1-1, it is a
huge penalty and once again we don't get it. The penalty was a giant
penalty and after that the team lost even more confidence.’
Mourinho was asked if he would bring young players into the team when we
return to action in a fortnight…
'Yes. My job is not so simple because I have to measure the situation and
ask myself in difficult moments if the best thing is to keep more
experienced players. Can they cope better with the pressure of the moment?
‘You do the same. When I don't play Terry to play Zouma you are the first
ones to say immediately: “why aren't you playing the captain?”
‘With Ruben, it's exactly the same thing. Ruben, Matic, Ramires,
Fabregas - who can cope better with the pressure? I know Fabregas for
sure, but maybe the situation is so negative for us a young player feels
less pressure than when the team is top of the league fighting for a
victory to be champions.
‘Clearly it's time - not to play four, five or six kids because some of
them are not ready - but I think Ruben is the one who is more ready. If
everything goes normally in the next two weeks yes, he is a player to
start the next game and have a run of matches to try to get that stability
as a first-team choice.’