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‘Mourinho’: Can the world’s biggest ego fit inside a TV series?

From Postimees · () Estonian

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  • A Netflix documentary about José Mourinho focuses heavily on the spectacle surrounding the famous and controversial football coach.
  • The review says the series reveals little about what lies behind Mourinho’s public persona.
  • Mourinho rose to global prominence after leading FC Porto to the 2004 Champions League title and later became a star at Chelsea.

Netflix’s documentary series on José Mourinho delivers plenty of the fireworks that surround one of football’s most famous and controversial coaches. What it shows far less of is what lies behind them.

Football fans need no introduction to Mourinho. For everyone else, the essential story begins in 2004, when the Portuguese coach led FC Porto to the Champions League title, the most coveted prize in club football.

The Cinderella story carried him to Chelsea, the wealthy new London club where he became a favorite of the British media and a star in his own right. He also embraced the title of the “Special One”.

The documentary, as presented in the review, captures much of the spectacle attached to Mourinho. But its treatment of the person behind the famous image remains limited.

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