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Originally Posted by red in cumbria
You could argue that showed what an amazing achievement it was by their manager, I suppose? A vital bit of help from a bent official at our place notwithstanding
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It was a shocking year in the competition. Perhaps the worst in its modern form. After beating us they did Lyon, Deportivo and then in the final a Monaco side that finished 3rd in France. The standard that season was dreadful, which is why it was a missed opportunity.
Of course winning the CL with Porto is big, but for Mourinho the Inter win was a much bigger managerial feat imo. Serial bottlers - and have reverted to such since - but they knocked out Chelsea, followed by the best side in the modern era, then a Bayern who were in the early stages of rebuilding but still had some great players.
Getting Inter to believe they can win the Champions League is still his biggest accomplishment for me.