JOSE MOURINHO fired Rangers boss Barry Ferguson, his stars and the club’s fans a warning: Don’t celebrate too much.
The Portuguese managerial legend and his side are up against it after a poor first leg which the Gers brutally exploited.
Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson salutes the travelling support at full time[/caption]
Fenerbahce head coach Jose Mourinho[/caption]
But typically Mourinho came out fighting, saying the 3-1 defeat was a GOOD result for his side given how many chances the Ibrox men had on the night.
He also warned them against over-celebrating as he predicts a huge second match to come at Ibrox in a week’s time.
He said: “The only thing I would tell them is don’t celebrate too much, because there is a second match to play.
“It’s my only advice.
“At the end of the second match they celebrate I will congratulate them, but now calm down. Because, it’s not over.”
Both managers played down the narrative that Ferguson had ‘outfoxed’ the Portuguese legend – but there WAS some merit to that view.
Shifting to a 3-5-2 worked perfectly, with the likes of Vaclav Cerny, Mohamed Diomande and Cyriel Dessers wielding huge menace on th break.
But Mourinho insisted: “I’m not surprised.
“If you listen to my press conference yesterday I couldn’t be more respectful.
“I told you immediately that the previous coach [Philippe Clement] was all about philosophy and Ferguson would be more pragmatic.
“He was pragmatic, he brought five defenders, three midfielders and two guys on the counter attack.
“They defended as much as they could and basically well. And when they defended bad, [Jack] Butland made some tremendous saves.
“And in counter attack they were dangerous.
“It doesn’t matter if you play with three or play with four every time Dessers and Cerny were attacking spaces in behind our defenders and were always dangerous.”
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