Jose states his Reasons for Departure

It was one of the worst days that El-Ahly fans have ever lived when the Portuguese magician Manuel Jose announced his decision to leave El-Ahly .Jose was not just a coach but a fan of El-Ahly that leads the team from the coach seat. Jose did not leave a chance for El-Ahly.com reporter to talk; it seemed as if he was waiting for this moment to talk to El-Ahly lovers directly. His words were from his heart and unusually his voice carries a lot of emotion.

The magician said "Leaving El-Ahly is the hardest decision of my life, I do not remember that I made a decision of such difficulty before and the reason is one thing ... El-Ahly fans"


Jose revealed for the first time the real reasons of his departure saying “My departure is purely for personal reasons. I am 63 years old and became no longer able to bear such great pressure. My father at the age of 94 and during the last year I saw him only once, also I've seen my son only twice in the last year which is very difficult for me. It seems I am no longer able to endure pressure at this age so the time has come to leave El-Ahly."

"Life in Angola will be easier for many factors; first, Portuguese is the official language of Angola because of the Portuguese occupation of Angola which lasts for 500 years. Coaching of Angola national team does not require staying in Angola, but I could stay in Portugal especially most Angolan professional players play in the Portuguese league and that will give me the opportunity to stay in Portugal and work from there.” Jose added.

Manuel Jose said, "I decided many times to leave El-Ahly for various reasons but I retracted this decision because of you .. you .. you (he repeated it more than once referring to El-Ahly fans)."


Jose talked about El-Ahly fans saying “El-Ahly fans are the secret behind Jose’s success. Since the announcement of my departure, Fans are calling me, sending letters and stop me on the street asking me to retract this decision that was very difficult for me."

Jose said "The Egyptian press attacked me so fiercely during my leadership of El-Ahly and I have fought against all in Egypt only for the sake of El-Ahly Fans. Egyptian press likened my departure to escape, but I do not care about such nonsense all I care about is fans of El-Ahly whom I believe the best Fans I met in my life."

Jose added "Although we lost the ACL and Cup of Egypt, even if we lost the Egyptian league, I know that Fans love me and will never forget the championships we have achieved together”

Jose concluded his speech to El-Ahly.com "I would like to convey this message to all of El-Ahly Fans, I love them and I would not forget them. I know they will not forget me, but this is the life!".

Should Barcelona Sign Robinho?

One day Robinho is on his way to Barcelona, the next day he is at Manchester City for life. One day he is seriously mooting flying to the Camp Nou, the next day he is inviting fellow South Americans to the Eastlands.

Amidst this uncertainty, what is certain is that Robinho will leave Manchester City. For all tall talks of the Brazilian joining the Premier League side not for money but to win silverware, no one doubts that he will move away. Maybe in January, maybe in the summer, maybe in 2011... but he will definitely leave the City of Manchester Stadium.

But will he leave for Barcelona, the club who are reportedly so keen on signing the former Real Madrid Galactico that they would launch a bid in January? And should Barca sign him at all?

There is no footballing reason why Barcelona should not sign the 25-year-old. Since his days at Santos, Robinho has been billed as the 'New Pele' and although he has yet to justify that tag, his talent is precarious and skills unconfined. Ever since his debut for Real Madrid against Cadiz in 2005 when Spanish sports daily, AS declared "And God created Robinho!" (and He also created Titus Bramble, Peter Crouch and Emmanuel Adebayor), the Brazilian international has been earmarked for success and has been considered a true gift of football.




The Old 'New Pele'

Last season Robinho was not at his scintillating best for Man City, yet he was one of the Top 50 players in the world. In his three years at the Bernabeu he had not been very consistent but there had been occasions like the run-in to Madrid's championship triumph in 2006-2007 and again in 2007-2008 when he looked perhaps as good as Lionel Messi and the common consensus is that he can only improve.

And at Barcelona he will certainly improve. If Robinho's footballing talent makes him impossible to resist even by a coach who can afford to get rid of the second best striker in Europe and still retain the best team on the planet, his playing style could see him waltz into Barcelona's 4-3-3 formation.

Robinho's most preferred position is just behind the striker but at Madrid he did play quite well out wide and shouldn't have much problem in starting in the left channel at Camp Nou and then drifting in. He is not a prolific goalscorer like Thierry Henry but his playmaking and linking-up qualities are perhaps more pronounced, and would perfectly compliment the unalloyed genius of Lionel Messi and the subtle technique of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a three-pronged attack. Henry, for all his galactic performance in 2008-2009, took one whole year to settle into that inside-left channel and although sensational last season, the Frenchman has got perhaps only one or two of his best years left in him.

It's not that Robinho is the only option on the left for Barcelona; it's that he is the most viable at the moment. As splendid and fascinating a player Juan Mata is, he is still young and a protege and although David Silva could prove to be more effective than the Brazilian and is certainly more versatile, him leaving Valencia anytime soon doesn't look very feasible.

So Dark The Con Of Robinho

But Robinho comes with strings attached. As tenacious and riveting his awkwardly mesmerizing talent is, the Brazilian has earned the reputation of being 'a party-animal'. He departed Real Madrid under a cloud of accusations: erstwhile president Ramon Calderon insisted that Robinho had been in tears to leave after he realised that he was being used as a cheap bargaining chip in the Cristiano Ronaldo deal and former sporting director Predrag Mijatovic frequently complained of the Brazilian smelling of booze at training.

Robinho's hunger for off-pitch parties rivals his appetite for on-pitch success and at Barcelona this cannot be ignored. Guardiola imposes fines for arriving late for training and for missing breakfast with the team, and given Robinho's track record he could lose half his weekly salary on fines alone.

Robinho held Santos to ransom to move to Real Madrid and forced himself out of Madrid for Man City; if he indeed joins Barcelona he would be forcing himself out of Eastlands, as City have no discernible reason to dispose of their most prized asset. It is clear that for one reason or the other the 25-year-old has left his old clubs on a bad note.

Yet Robinho retains the benefit of the doubt. Santos made it hard for him not to do anything other than force his way through, Madrid were more a circus and less a civilised institution during Calderon's last months in power and Manchester City were not his first choice - Chelsea were.

As Pele once said, "This boy needs some serious counselling." And perhaps Guardiola could be his counsellor.

Can you manage to win the Uefa Champions League without coaching a big club ?

Can you manage to win the Uefa Champions League without coaching a big club ?

Or can you be so smart that all reporters find it so difficult to prove you're wrong,well one man..1 man only can do that and he is…….JOSE MOURINHO



Jose Mourinho started his professional career as a translator for Barcelona manager at that time Sir Bobby Robson who has recently died of cancer then he moved back to his country Portugal to start his coaching career as FC Porto's manager,he managed to beat Manchester United in the quarter finals after Costinha nailed a goal in the 92 minute of the game to end the 2nd leg 1-1 after winning in Dragao stadium 2-1 to qualify after then to the final and beat AS Monaco 3-0 to be the youngest manager to win the UCL until Pepe Guardiola won it with Barcelona last year then he moved to England to replace the sacked Claudio Ranieri in coaching Chelsea and when he was asked why did he leave Porto after all the glory he achieved with the team he simply said "if I stayed there I would live a calm peace life and the fans will put me in the 2nd place after god and they will love me and thank me even if don’t win anything at all……but I want a new challenge and please don’t call me arrogant but I am a European champion and I think I am a special one "



Then in his first season 04/05 with Chelsea he brought back the Premier league Title to the club who never won it for 50 years he managed to reach the UCL knockout rounds but eventually he was eliminated by Liverpool.



At the beginning of season 07/08 after a series of loses and draws ending by UCL draw against Rosenburg in Stamford bridge,Jose mourinho was fired by the club owner the Russian billionaire Roman abramovic then Mourinho received offers from the English FA to coach England and lead them to World Cup 2010 he thought about it a little but eventually he refused …(last week Joan Laporta Barcelona president revealed that he wanted to sign Mourinho but there was a rule in his contract "to treat Spanish reporters and Spanish media with full respect " well that made Mourinho refuse so Guardiola came and won the Treble !!



After a while Intermilan President Massimo Moratti offered Jose a three-year contract making him the highest paid coach in Serie A …at the beginning Mourinho demanded to sign 3 players

1-Lampard from Chelsea

2-Mancini from AS Roma

3-Quaresma from Porto



Well Inter board succesfuly managed to sign 2 out of 3 missing lampard and replacing him with Sulley Muntari from Portsmouth .



Jose Mourinho at the beginning found it difficult to pick the suitable formation for Intermilan players but finally he choose 4-3-3 by putting Ibrahimovic ,Mancini and Quaresma as a deadly trio upfront but Quaresma lost his "Porto" Form while Mancini looked like he never played football before so Mourinho had to use Inter old tactics by playing 4-1-2-1-2,many people gave Mourinho credit for bringing Adriano and Maicon back to their form by watching Maicon the rightback scores a lot of goals while Adriano made a thriller tag with Ibra





Mourinho wasn’t threatened to lose the Serie A title in his first season cause AC Milan wasn’t in their form (as usual…. the team needs a new generation and Galliani happy by the unspent money in his pocket ) while Juventus were still building a team capable of winning throphies moving to AS Roma who were having financial problems Internazionale biggest test was in the Champions league season 08/09 at the knock-out rounds facing European champions Manchester United, 2 weeks before the 1st leg Sir Alex Hinted that he may retire in the next following years.Reports said that Jose Mourinho could be his replacement making Jose stating "I would consider going to Manchester United but United have to consider if they want me to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson. If they do, then of course" he lost 2-0 on aggregate drawing in Milano and losing in Manchester…before the match in Old Trafford,Mourino stated to United fans " I will beat you then I will coach you" ..well after all he lost the match 2-0 by 2 header goals from Vidic and Ronaldo





Itailian media didn’t consider Mourinho successful in his first season with Intermilan claiming that he won nothing more than Serie A who former successor Roberto Mancini did as Mourinho was supposed to win the UCL and that’s what he came to do !!



This season 2009/2010 Intermilan was involved in to be said one of the biggest deals in Football history by trading strikers with Inter signing Samuel Eto and letting Zlatan Ibrahimovic go the other way also by signing Lucio from Bayern Munich moving to Wesly sneijder from Real Madrid and Genoa's Diego Millito and Thiago Motta which made Mourinho very satisfied saying that he can now compete for the Champions league. ……





Well we will see what "The Special one" can do this season after Juventus improved their squad and after being dropped together with current European champions Barcelona in one group

German class undoes USA

Germany sent out an impressive statement of intent in their Egypt 2009 opener, racing to the top of Group C with an emphatic 3-0 win over USA in Suez. Thomas Rongen's side battled bravely and briefly threatened a comeback in the second half, but their opponents' superior finishing left the Americans facing an uphill struggle to qualify for the last 16.

The European champions gained a stranglehold from the outset and Richard Sukuta-Pasu twice went close during some one-sided early exchanges. Brian Ownby did test the reflexes of Ron-Robert Zieler at the other end, but it was no more than the Germans deserved when they earned a penalty just short of the half-hour mark.

Ownby was the player lured into a clumsy and clearly illegal challenge on Semih Aydilek, and the lively German striker dusted himself down to send the keeper the wrong way from the resultant spot kick. USA were rocking and, two minutes later, they suffered a knockout blow.

Germany captain Florian Jungwirth was the goalscorer on this occasion, pouncing on a half-cleared corner to smash in a fierce right-foot drive that Brian Perk could only help on its way into the net. The situation called for a strong American response and coach Thomas Rongen attempted to inject some more urgency to his side by bringing on Bryan Arguez at half-time.

The Germany-based midfielder certainly wasted no time in making an impact, sending a long-range shot flashing wide within two minutes of entering the fray. Arguez then turned creator, dribbling at the heart of the German defence before threading through Mikkel Diskerud for a shot that Zieler raced bravely from his line to block.

The European champions were hanging on at this stage and they came perilously close to conceding when Jared Jeffrey sent a right-foot shot crashing against the face of the crossbar from the edge of the box. That slice of bad luck should have told the US that this wasn't to be their day and, sure enough, Manuel Schaeffler removed any doubts over the outcome by firing home from close range with 18 minutes remaining.

Lions roar in Suez

Cameroon closed in on Germany at the top of Group C with a comfortable 2-0 win over Korea Republic in Suez. It was a powerful and assured performance from the Junior Lions, who were rarely threatened by Asian opponents plainly lacking a cutting edge.

Alain Wabo's side might have won by a more handsome margin, in fact, had it not been for some wasteful finishing, with Brice Owuna setting the tone early on by blazing over after springing the South Korean offside trap. Nevertheless, Cameroon were soon in front, although their 19th-minute opener owed much to a goalkeeping catastrophe.

Andre Akono Effa's speculative shot from near the right certainly packed plenty of punch, but still looked to be a routine catch for Lee Bum Young until he somehow allowed the ball to slip through his grasp and into the net. Even at this early stage, it was clear that Korea Republic were in real trouble, and they should have found themselves two goals down just six minutes later.

Owuna was again able to race clean through, but although he had two team-mates waiting to tap the ball into the unguarded net, he delayed too long and enabled the South Koreans to intercept and clear behind for a corner. One wondered at this stage if Cameroon might live to regret that miss and they were certainly grateful to their goalkeeper for pushing away a goal-bound effort from left-back Yun Suk-Young as half-time approached.

However, the Africans' defence was troubled all too infrequently and it was no real surprise when substitute Germain Tiko doubled their advantage after 64 minutes. Cameroon captain Olivier Boumale delivered an inviting free-kick from the right and Tiko, who plays his club football for Real Majorca, nipped in to glance the ball home.

The Junior Lions were cruising now and they continued to carve out the better chances, with Lee forced to partially atone for his earlier error in pulling off a fine save to prevent Boumale rubbing salt in Korean wounds as the clock ticked down.

Ghana do things the hard way

Ghana came from behind to defeat Uzbekistan 2-1 in Ismailia in Group D of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, with Ransford Osei and Dominic Adiyiah scoring the goals for the African champions. Although the Uzbeks took the lead shortly after the break, it was Ghana who caught the eye with some enterprising and attacking play.

With Akhmad Ubaydullaev opting to play a lone striker up front, Uzbekistan limited themselves in the number of chances they created during the first half, but also did a fine job in nullifying Ghana's attacking threat. On the rare occasions that the Black Satelites did manage to create chances, their finishes in the opening 45 minutes tended to end up high and wide of the target.

A few efforts did go close though. Shortly after the half hour mark, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu's long-range free-kick was deflected just past the post for a corner, while Opoku Agyemang fired into the side netting from an acute angle and David Addy also saw a low shot fly wide via a ricochet.

Yet, towards the end of the first half, the Asians showed their attacking capabilities with a quick counter-attack that almost caught Ghana unaware. Sellas Tetteh's side were let off the hook when a shot flashed across the face of goal, but they weren't so fortunate two minutes into the second half when Sherzodbek Karimov got on the end of Jasur Khasanov's cross to put the Uzbeks ahead.

However, the goal served only to re-energise the Africans, who poured forward in search of the equaliser. It came on the hour, when Addy put in a superb left-footed cross into the danger zone to find Osei. The star of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007 took one touch, which threatened to run away from him, but he caught up with the ball, producing a typical poacher's finish.

Fifteen minutes later, Ghana scored the winner. A cross from the right from substitute Abeiku Quansah was flicked on into the path of Adiyiah, who fired the ball past Sanjar Kuvvatov to wrap up the three points for the Satelites.

Celeste stun England

An outstanding goal from Uruguay substitute Tabare Viudez in the 84th minute condemned England to a 1-0 defeat in Ismailia. The result continues the Three Lions' miserable run in the FIFA U-20 World Cup to seven matches without a goal and eight matches without a win.

From the outset, it was clear that this was a meeting between two of the best organised teams in the competition. England coach Brian Eastick and his Uruguayan counterpart Diego Aguirre had obviously done their homework on each other's teams before the game, which resulted in a first half of few chances.

A set piece seemed the likeliest route to a goal and as early as the third minute, Jonathan Urretaviscaya's corner was headed over the bar by Sebastian Coates. At the other end, a well-worked corner for England was turned towards goal by the outstretched boot of Liverpool defender Martin Kelly, but his effort crept narrowly wide. Uruguay's only shot on goal in the opening 45 minutes came from their captain Nicolas Lodeiro, whose snapshot forced Elliott Parish into a scrambling save.

The opening to the second half was extremely low key and Aguirre made a double substitution on the hour, bringing on Abel Hernandez and Viudez in order to inject some extra impetus into the proceedings. The move almost paid off seven minutes later when Viudez fired a goalbound effort from close range, which Kelly somehow turned away for a corner.

Uruguay's other substitute, Hernandez spurned a golden opportunity midway through the second half when one-on-one with Parish. In acres of space, and with just the keeper to beat, the leading scorer in the CONMEBOL qualifiers fired straight into his arms. Worse was to come for the South Americans, however, when Hernandez slipped through to Lodeiro, who fired wide from the edge of the six-yard box in another one-on-one situation.

Viudez made amends for his earlier miss six minutes from time when he connected with Urretaviscaya's cross with a stunning scissor-kick. Although he was given plenty of space by the England back four, the excellence of its execution makes it an early contender for the goal of the tournament