What a feeling! "In that particular moment, we didn't do what Mourinho wanted. For using this site, please activate JavaScript. "Mourinho admitted that night in Gelsenkirchen that he was bound for England, where he would break a plethora of records with a formidable Chelsea team.Of course, it would have been all very different had Costinha not propelled the coach to the forefront of Roman Abramovich's mind with his decisive strike two months previously in Manchester.Indeed, the Russian billionaire had been considering hiring Sven Goran Eriksson to replace Claudio Ranieri as manager when Mourinho suddenly emerged as the most exciting young coach in Europe. "No doubt, it was a life-changing moment in his career," Jankauskas says. Costinha foi expulso e a sua equipa perdeu por 1-0. "When he was at Real Madrid, he left me tickets at the box office with a note inside," the former Portugal international reveals. "At the time, he was just a young manager of a club that was not widely known. "It also endeared him to his players, many of whom remain on excellent terms with Mourinho, including Costinha. We weren’t even a favourite in the UEFA Cup the year before! Current market value: Costinha in a duel with Paulo Turra Club: F.C. "Even when I was talking to an Italian club at the time, he called me in the hotel afterwards and he said; ‘Costa, stay with us, we are going to win the league and the Champions League.

However, after Porto were pitted against United in the last 16, Mourinho approached Costinha while the midfielder was stretching at the end of a training session. "I did, though, and when I scored, I just saw the image of my supporters. Highest market value: But we stayed strong, managed not to concede and qualified for the next round.
A estreia pelo clube portista aconteceu a 12 de Agosto num jogo disputado em Lisboa contra o Sporting que não correu da melhor forma ao ex-jogador do Mónaco. Porto Costinha was probably the most tactical nº6 to ever come from Portugal. I forgot everything in that moment and just went over to celebrate with them. "When we drew Man United, I remember Jose said to us, ‘Let the shark come,'" Edgaras Jankauskas reveals to "There was no fear factor that I remember and we won the first game 2-1 with two goals from Benni McCarthy. "But the pressure was on them: they expected to go all the way to the final and to lose would be a disaster for such an iconic organisation.

Former International: "He said; ‘Costa, look at the draw: Manchester United. Costinha foi contratado pelo Futebol Clube do Porto, na altura treinado por Octávio Machado. His personality became very attractive to teams. However, we went to Manchester knowing it would be tough. He always kept us focused.

But the ball went into the net. He helped Porto win the 2004 Champions League, conquering a total of eight tro…

It was at that point that everyone was sure we would get to the final. We did it differently. "He always gave us the right input at the right time. "They had players like Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Roy Keane.

"But under Mourinho we won every European title possible and that's why he attracted the attention of the big clubs.
€15.00m "'You are suspended for the first game but we will beat them by a goal and then, you will be there in the second game when they will press us. Few pundits had given them any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals at United's expense.Mourinho, though, had always believed in his players. Costinha former footballer from Portugal Defensive Midfield last club: Atalanta BC * Dec 1, 1974 in Lisboa, Portugal "We knew Man United were strong at the end of matches, always scoring in injury time and they went all out. He had already won the UEFA Cup with Porto a year earlier but this was the moment that the coaching prodigy truly announced himself on the world stage.By toppling the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson in his own backyard, it was official: the handsome young upstart from Setubal was the real deal.His already staggeringly high self-belief soared and, just a few months later, after leading Porto to Champions League glory, he would rock up at Stamford Bridge and effectively anoint himself 'The Special One'.None of it, though, would have been possible without Costinha's last-minute equaliser at Old Trafford.And the remarkable thing is that Mourinho had very little to do with it.In fact, he was furious that Benni McCarthy had stepped forward to hit the free kick that United goalkeeper Tim Howard flapped into the path of Costinha, as Mourinho had wanted Ricardo Fernandes to take it. Dec 1, 1974 (45)


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