“We would have only lost if there were six Inter players left on the pitch.”

—  José Mourinho

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2011/04/17/2445365/mourinhos-top-10-how-joses-sides-excel-with-a-man-down
2011

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