Chelsea's Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho gives a press conference
in London on December 4. National teams are required to play far
too many matches, Mourinho said in a newspaper interview. -
AFP
National teams are required to play far too many matches, Chelsea's
Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho said in a newspaper interview.
"There are too many matches with minor teams and because of this
when there are serious matches players are at risk of not being at
the level that people expect," he told Portuguese sports daily O
Jogo on Monday.
"It is too much to have groups of seven to eight teams that play
14, 15, 16 matches to qualify, which serve mostly to injure
players," he added.
Mourinho, who has guided Chelsea to two successive Premiership
titles after taking FC Porto to the Champions League triumph,
suggested that qualifying groups should instead consist of just
three or four national teams matched by their ability.
"The best would play against the best and the worst against the
worst. Instead of Portugal playing against Kazakhstan and England
against San Marino, let Kazakhstan and San Marino play against
Andorra," he said.
Mourinho, who is under contract with Chelsea until 2010, has said
he would like to coach Portugal before retiring from
football.
example : England Vs Andorra or something