re: Who is the best coach in the world?

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There was a reason those guys all appeared to be in "top form" during his tenure. Just like Atletico for Simeone last year.

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I'm not saying Mourihno isn't a great manager.

However, I pointed out that guys like Zanetti, Milito, Cambiasso, Julio Cesar, Stankovic, Eto'o, Samuel, Chivu were all in top form that season just because most of them (practically) "retired" from the top level over the past couple of years.

Sneijder is the only one who really had a career year that season. Roberto Mancini had built that squad and done so by buying up the best players in Serie A so these guys were hardly a collection of one hit wonders who put it together under Mourinho for single season but otherwise weren't some all time greats.



If there was a great comparison to Atletico de Madrid that season:

AS Roma had been left with a bare bones roster after the Sensi family bankruptcy proceedings had forced the sell of so many top players (Chivu, Samuel to Inter) and precipitated Unicredit Bank taking over the club (and selling to the Americans the next year).


Roma was picked weekly by every pundit with a mouth to drop back in their race against that loaded Inter roster --just like Atletico last season -- yet refused to lose against all odds for half the season and went into the final matchday dead even with that Inter squad.