“Chelsea deserved to win in Moscow”

“I’m sad about it. I think that for the ‘Blues
family’, losing a semi-final of the Champions
League to a phantom goal, losing another
semi-final on penalties and losing a final on
penalties is too tough and unfair,” Mourinho
told Portuguese sports daily O Jogo.

“Especially when Chelsea were the team that
was closer to winning it. There are marvellous
players there and they did not deserve the
defeat, but football is like that and life goes on.
“Congratulations to Manchester United, to a
great manager who is Alex Ferguson and to all
their players, but especially to Cristiano and
Nani.

“Given that Portuguese teams only win
European competitions very occasionally with
lots of years in between, it’s important that
Portuguese players manage to lift these
trophies,” added the Special One.