José Mourinho has a job: to turn the Lady of Honor Fenerbahce into the Slaroja star of the show.
The Istanbul club is a frustration ball on the banks of the Bosphorus, a stage perfectly illustrated by Mourinho in its short time in the Turkish capital.
The 62 -year -old is no stranger to the controversy of cutting of course, but in the fire of Istanbul’s football he has rubbed a lot with his regular diatribes in the Turkish referees in particular.
It does not have to pour a lot of gas in football in this city to wrap it on fire.
In fact, after the stagnation of the derby last week with reigning champions, league leaders and bitter rivals Galatasaray, Mourinho received a domestic prohibition of four games, which was then reduced to half, for his comments after the game.
However, this time I was not criticizing Turkish officials, because the experienced Slovko Vincic, who took over the Europa League final of the Rangers in 2022, was recruited to take charge at the request of both clubs.
However, the legendary Portuguese will be at the shelter for his last 16th meeting against the Rangers of Barry Ferguson while continuing to hunt a sixth European trophy.
His first continental success would prefer to be forgotten by Celtic supporters, since it was he who organized the victory of the UEFA Cup of Porto in the Sun of Seville in 2003 against the Martin O’Neill team.
A year later and was the biggest for ‘The Special One’, since Porto defeated Monaco in Gelsenkirchen to lift the Champions League.
It may be surprising that he has only had his hands in the European Cup once again since then, when he did it with Inter Milan in 2010.
The 2017 Europa League won with Manchester United and five years later, Mourinho completed the set by guiding Rome to the inaugural conference league title.
Fenerbahce are strong and have invested significantly in their attempt to fight against the Turkish title of their neighbors.
They have been hungry for success in recent times and have mainly seen Galatasaray and Besiktas win Super Lig since their last triumph 11 years ago. Even those not announced Istanbul Baskakhsehir have won it during these sterile years.
