The tactics that used Mourinho with the Inter to stop to the Barcelona and to Messi in Champions

The Inter of Milan left out of the Champions League to the FC Barcelona of Pep Guardiola in the semifinals of the 2010. With José Mourinho in command, the Italians used all his arms to win to the Barcelona to two parties, with a turn in the Camp Nou in which they played with ten good part of the crash. The referee finished prejudicing to the barcelonistas, but the reality was that the Inter knew to brake the tremendo potential offensive of the Barça.

Mourinho explained in an illustrative video for the portal 'The Coaches Voice' how scheduled all the eliminatory and how decided to plant to his to win to the culés in the gone. An approach that based in drowning to Leo Messi and in cutting the progression of Dani Alves. This right band was the greater danger of the blaugranas and the luso wanted that they did not attack by here.

"In the previous analysis try to anticipate the problems and put to Zanetti to be followed to Messi and to Pandev with Alves to avoid his situations by the right band", explained the ex technician of the Real Madrid. This band was definitely the most dangerous of the world in this period and there has been very few couples of carrilero and better extreme that the one who formed Leo and Dani Alves in the Camp Nou.

The luso kidded to the hour to refer to the Argentinian star when it remembered the tactical system that used the Barcelona by that then. Besides, it said that the key of all was to minimise his impact in the meeting "Then, now and before, the Barcelona played with 4-3-3. In the half were Busquets, Xavi and Keita, and up Ibra, Pedro and another boy of the that do not remember his name... Ah himself, Messi. The key was not leaving play to Messi, do him a prison where Cambiasso, Zanetti, Motta and all were responsible", explained Mourinho.

The ex interista also explained that it was very important that his forwards worked in defence. The Portuguese convinced to Eto'or and Pandev that had to run for the two sides and went a show see to the Cameroonian play of right side, of forward and of all what needed his. "According to the moment, Pandev left the band to do a rhombus in the midfield and Eto'or jointed with Milito", affirmed.

Mourinho won to the Barça preventing that it was the Barça

The initial idea of Mou was to prevent that the Barcelona of Guardiola played as always it does it. The players did not have to be comfortable and had to feel the pressure in his cogotes every time that it arrived them the balloon. The Inter shut and went a wall that did not leave neither an alone crack. The Portuguese it resumió perfectly in one of his last interventions. "After doing all what have said, had to be compact and not to leave them spaces", commented to finish his speech.