“The first half was the coach’s fault; the second half was the players’ fault,” José Mourinho told reporters after Real Madrid’s exhilarating 4–3 win over Roma in the Champions League on Wednesday, spreading the blame for the shortcomings that left his team needing to overturn a two-goal deficit inside ten minutes.
Mourinho was welcomed as a returning to hero to the Stadio Olimpico and left as a victor. And yet, the result raised questions about whether “the Special One” still knows how to set up a team for success.
