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Mourinho vows to return to England one day
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-05-07 09:50
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"We cannot relax, tomorrow (Thursday) we have to start again, thinking about Chievo and Siena and after that we have four or five days to think of Madrid."
Turning his attentions to the fractious and bad-tempered Cup final, in which Francesco Totti was sent off late on for a wild kick at Inter's Mario Balotelli, Mourinho said it was no surprise the match wasn't a classic.
"It's very difficult for a final to be a great spectacle, all throughout history finals have been like this," he said.
"The final is a tense affair with two teams who are focussed, aggressive, closing down spaces, defending well, waiting to counter from a mistake.
"What happened with Totti at the end can happen, I'm not judging. You can lose your head, it's not a problem, it can happen."
Roma coach Claudio Ranieri accused Inter of gamesmanship and putting pressure on the referee.
"We fell into their trap and we shouldn't have," he said. "We needed to play football but this match got to us and we were on edge.
"In the first half hour we didn't even manage to string three passes together.
"Milito did brilliantly to create a chance and exploit it. In the second half we played much better but unfortunately didn't manage to score from our chances.
"Francesco made a mistake because in our league games against them we did well to not fall into their trap, but here we didn't do it because Francesco was sent off and we lost, so well done to them.
"They're very good at that, they're very physical. When there's a foul all their players go to the referee and put pressure on him. They always put the referee in a situation where he feels he has to be careful but that's normal."
