But more importantly, he seems to suggest Wenger and Arsenal are morons.
But I must confess that beating Atletico for his Chelsea team in tonight's Champions League semis second-leg won't be easy. The first leg had ended goalless.
After all, Mourinho is facing Diego Simeone, a player of a high pedigree who played for Argentina in the World Cup. I wonder if Mourinho has faced a rival manager of this level frequently.
Simeone had managed Atletico when they beat Chelsea in the Super Cup (a contest between Champions League winners and Europa Cup winners) a couple of years ago when Jose was with Real.
Of course, the thought of revenge and missing three key players (John Terry doubtful; Lampard and Cech out) will make the Blues collectively dangerous.
Mourinho has been a part of nine Champions League knockout games in which no team carried a lead going into the second leg. And his teams have won seven of those nine second-leg games. He had won all the six games when the first leg was tied at 1-1. But he lost two of the three games when the first leg was goalless (like it is now). So, Atletico are not exactly swimming against the tide.
Only a goalless draw on Wednesday will lead to a penalty shootout. Any scoring draw will be enough for Atletico to advance on the away-goal rule. So, if Atletico scores a goal, Chelsea will have to score two (and so on).
Mourinho in Champions League 2nd legs after even stevens in the first leg
With Porto:
2003-04: bt Deportivo 1-0 in semis (first leg 0-0)
With Chelsea:
2004-05: lost to Liverpool 0-1 in semis (first leg 0-0)
2006-07: bt Porto 2-1 in R16 (first leg 1-1)
2006-07: bt Valencia 2-1 in quarters (first leg 1-1)
With Inter Milan:
2008-09: lost to Man United 0-2 in R16 (first leg 0-0)
With Real Madrid:
2010-11: bt Lyon 3-0 in R16 (first leg 1-1)
2011-12: bt CSKA 4-1 in R16 (first leg 1-1)
2012-13: bt Man Utd 2-1 in R16 (first leg 1-1)
With Chelsea:
2013-14: bt Galatasaray 2-0 in R16 (first leg 1-1)
* When Mourinho won the CL with Inter in 2009-10, his team won all three first-leg games in the KO.
Atletico's Nose (as in Jose): Brazilian defender Filipe Luis battles with Ramirez during the first leg. (Photo credit: AFP)
PS: I respect skills of Bayern Munich players. But it was nice to see their mortal ways, especially after Real Madrid took their own sweet time frequently after taking a 2-0 lead and rubbed it in. The likes of Ribery and Robben were completely frustrated. The Dutchman could not believe that others can playact better than him. So, he could face competition in Veterans Olympics (in diving of course) after his 'foul-smelly' soccer career is over.
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