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Mourinho Wants More Of The Same From Inter Against Barcelona

Inter coach Jose Mourinho commented on the 4-0 win against Milan in tonight's derby.Following the spectacular 4-0 victory against Milan in tonight's derby, Inter coach Jose Mourinho was obviously satisfied, but stressed that the team need to show what they're made of in the Champions League debut against Barcelona."Today both sides gave each the initiative, both teams are strong when given space," he said toTuttoMercatoWeb."Football is nice because when you win everything is well and when you lose everything is bad. If we'd lost they would have killed me for playing [Wesley] Sneijder, but I knew I would've let him play for the last 24 hours."Yesterday I said we have more potential than last year, we are more balanced, but we need to work hard because we are playing in a new way. Having four points is positive."This team needs to play the ball with its characteristics, the match against Barcelona will tell us who we are also in the Champions League. I tell [Milan coach] Leonardo to stay confident, life goes on."Source: Goal.com author: Danilo Pochini

Chelsea rile Mourinho over deals

Source: BBC.co.uk

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has accused former club Chelsea of making it difficult for him to sign Ricardo Carvalho and Deco.

Mourinho says the Blues have increased the price for the Portuguese duo after discovering his interest in them.

"It's very difficult for a Chelsea player to come to me," Mourinho told a news conference before Saturday's Italian Super Cup against Lazio.

"Every time I'm interested in one of their players, it looks different."

Midfielder Deco and defender Carvalho were part of the Porto team that Mourinho guided to Champions League victory in 2004.

Carvalho was one of Mourinho's first signings during his successful three-year reign at Stamford Bridge, which ended in September 2007 after an apparent breakdown in his relationship with owner Roman Abramovich.

When they know Inter are interested, the price for Deco goes from zero to five (million) and for Carvalho from five to 15 (million). Jose Mourinho

Inter president Massimo Moratti told La Gazzetta dello Sport in June that talks had begun between the clubs over Carvalho and Deco but these now appear to be stalling, much to Mourinho's frustration.

"In the summer we were told he (Deco) was almost free to come," said Mourinho. "Two weeks later, when they know Inter are interested, it goes zero to five (million) and for Carvalho from five to 15 (million). Something like that."

Deco fell from favour after arriving at Chelsea in an £8m move from Barcelona in the summer of 2008 - and recently admitted he hoped to be reunited with Mourinho in Italy.

And Carvalho, a success at Stamford Bridge but restricted by injury to only 18 appearances last season, has revealed he wants to leave Chelsea after five years.

606: DEBATE I still believe that Deco has that little bit left to give to us that could end up with the title back at the Bridge Zolaaaaaaaaa!

Mourinho also said Serie A champions Inter had heard nothing from Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur about midfielder Patrick Vieira, who has been linked with a move to the Gunners - his former club - or their North London rivals.

"If they want him, they have to let us know," he said. "I have to say until this moment, no Tottenham, no Arsenal. They have not contacted us."

Inter - Milan 4:0

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NAKON spektakularne 4:0 pobjede nad gradskim rivalom Milanom u utakmici 2. kola talijanske Serije A, trener Intera Jose Mourinho imao je razloga trljati ruke od zadovoljstva.

Nakon uvodnog remija s Barijem (1:1) mnogi su bili spremni ulogu favorita na San Siru prepustiti Milanu koji je u sezonu startao pobjedom 2:1 kod Siene.

"Vidjelo se da su obje momčadi jake kada im se da prostor za igru, inicijativu na terenu preuzimali su i jedni i drugi", kazao je Mourinho.

"Nogomet je lijep, sve je u najboljem redu kada se pobjeđuje, a ništa ne valja kada se utakmice gube. Da smo kojim slučajem mi izgubili znam da bi me ubili što sam stavio Wesleyja Sneijdera u igru, a ja sam znao da ću to napraviti još jučer", dodao je Portugalac u svom stilu, a potom zaključio:

"U petak sam rekao kako ova momčad ima više potencijala od one lanjske, bolje smo balansirani, a sada samo tako moramo nastaviti. Rekao sam i Milanovom treneru Leonardu da ostane samouvjeren, jer unatoč porazu, život teče dalje".

Nikad jači Inter!

Odjeci milanskog derbija vjerojatno će odzvanjati još neko vrijeme. Razlog tome je zaista odlična igra Intera. Događaje s utakmice, ali i općeniti izgled ekipe komentirao je starosjedioc u momčadi Intera, Argentinac Javier Zanetti. "Vječni mladić" sa 36 godina u Interovom dresu igra od daleke 1994. godine, pa je sljedeća izjava prilično jaka:

"Inter nikada nije bio jak kao ove sezone. Tu sam odavno i mogu usporediti sve generacije. Stvarno mislim da nikada nismo bili bolje posloženi. Nisam to shvatio na temelju jedne utakmice, ove pobjede 4:0 protiv Milana. To mislim od trenutka kada smo se skupili, a naknadno smo još dobili sjajnog Sneijdera", rekao je Zanetti i dodao:

"Učinili smo veliku stvar na ovom derbiju, samo moramo nastaviti dalje tretirati svakog suparnika jednako ozbiljno i uvijek davati sve od sebe."