Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan 2009/10 Tactics | Mourinho's Greatest Team? | Inter 09/10

Jose Mourinho is an iconic manager, and perhaps his most iconic team is Inter Milan 2009/10. But what were the tactics that allowed them to win the treble? In this video, we take a look.
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[@Siralexandrine]

One of the greatest sides of all time. A team willing to make sacrifices for each other and suffer for the manager to win matches. Give Mourinho other team like this or his first Chelsea side, he’ll do it again.

[@jetomoon]

Inter players sacrifice a lot that time not just cause of mourinho, but the major thing is for the sake of the club, the fans, and owner. Its the emotion from an interista that i cant describe it.

[@bangrojai4868]

This Inter team would do anything to win everything in 2010. In motivation perspective, no team i ever see that really want to win everything like this Inter.

[@FanofAslan]

Mentally extremely tough, disciplined approach, highly cohesive, physically strong, players who all brought something positive to the whole on top of the basics at that level, be it pace, guile, passing ability or s**thousery. If this team were a car, it would be a modern-day 4 x 4.

[@SL4Y3Rv]

With Twin-Turbo chargers called Maicon & Eto'o and a battering ram called Diego Milito.

[@orueom7720]

I loved this team. Especially after Mourinho masterminded their victory over Barcelona. People criticize for playing "anti-football" in the second leg. The way I see it, he had to, that was peak Barcelona, no team on the planet could hope to beat them playing normal football, he was brave enough to implement the anti-thesis. The results speak for themselves. Mourinho may have lost his touch recently, and may have been exposed due his tactics over strategy M.O, but that season was a tactical masterclass, executed to perfection and a treble was the result

[@SL4Y3Rv]

I think Motta getting sent off early made a drastic difference to how the send leg went. Inter, with Motta on the field, could have easily tied that match. They would have had at least 25% more possession which could have translated into a handful of deadly attacks especially with Barca chasing into the final quarter. Also this " Anti-Football" Propaganda I see came out from a lot of sore losers who think scoring a goal and assists are the only part of football..

[@iganpparamarta8813]

You speak right out of my mind. I just don’t get it when people slammes Mou for playing like that. Look at United trying to play ‘normally’ they got passed to death. Without Barcelona United might’ve won another 2 UCLs haha I just gave away the club I support

[@hamzamir15]

Zanetti usually played as a midfielder for Mourinho during the 2009-10 season. Christian Chivu usually played left back

[@stockyguru]

True

[@lolothe2nd]

Motta was preferred most..

[@hamzamir15]

@@lolothe2nd Zanetti , Motta and Cambiasso

[@SP-df1nm]

Stankovic played most games only because Motta wasn't always fit. Also Lucio would make runs in the middle. He was the best at it

[@mrnick010101]

No wonder they won the Series A with a 4-1-2-1-3 formation. They had a man advantage. XD

[@WhiteEuphoria74]

And noone noticed...

[@kyawhain4071]

It 's 4-1-2-1-2not4-1-2-1-3. It 's a mistake

[@tamatama5181]

@@kyawhain4071 Thank you captain obvious.

[@b__c7538]

Technically it's still 11 players

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

@@b__c7538 well yeah but you don’t include keeper in the formation usually

[@shottskies]

This is why i think zonal marking is often more effective than man to man marking

[@FootballMadeSimple]

It's good for structure, I think that's why most teams shifted to it

[@animevsirl]

I like to think that if you can mix zonal and man to man, it will be more effective

[@colouredIncognito]

This is why I think both are useful in specific situations and I don't get how it's still not common knowledge when to use which one.

[@NikozBG]

@@colouredIncognito it is not common knowledge because man marking works only in very specific circumstances. I remember one el classico where Zidane made Kovacic man mark Messi the whole match and in the end Messi got season low amount of touches. On the other side of the coin this season Emery tried to man mark 1 to 1 the midfield against Lester and failed, even though it seemed good on paper and was effective during the first third of the match.

[@colouredIncognito]

@@NikozBG Both have their advantages and can mixed. And both advantages are easy to realise. So it should be well known

[@kurtcobain3426]

Back when Mourinho was in his prime

[@harshwardhanparkale]

Still is

[@harshwardhanparkale]

@Shau nak ManU is a shit hole for more than a half decade now Mourinho did his best with the worst he could get

[@wasalawyer.6771]

@@harshwardhanparkale really he won a pl and a europa leauge

[@huehuehue1390]

even with shit mu mou take them to europa league final and won.

[@prometheustv6558]

@@harshwardhanparkale Mourinho is finished 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Hows everybody doing? Is this Jose Mourinho's greatest team? *Typo, Zlatan of course went to Barca for Cash plus Eto'o

[@dunbar91]

Football Made Simple “4-1-2-1-3?”

[@user-sh9vl3fn7g]

FIRST COMMENT shoutout maybe? I think his greatest team, not ncluding his management skill, was the real madrid team

[@sworupbhandari9003]

Make video on how to analyse a match like u

[@demetrysillas1459]

Make a guardiola the act of tactical foul video

[@shyamaprosadbanerjee8626]

According to me. Yes it was probably the best Mourinho team. Simple hardworking and one which gels together perfectly with Mourinho's style each and every one of them. Oh boy I just so wish that Mourinho comes back to his best again. A successful, competitive and cocky Mourinho is something that the football World is so dearly missing. The game needs him, the PL needs him.

[@holunho0710]

Deadly counter attack 😨😨

[@explosivereactionstv7414]

Del Bosque-era Real Madrid? One of the best teams in the early millennium and one of the most talented teams in that era

[@NikozBG]

Del Bosque Real Madrid was Zidane trying to orchestrate a team full of selfish players. Without Zidane they were just a bunch of star players, but crap as a team.

[@gold9994]

@@NikozBG the 'failed' galacticos

[@sanskark1635]

@@gold9994 well actually no. del bosque wasnt manager when galacticos failed. he won like 2 ucl and 2 la liga

[@zz9cfc]

@@gold9994 wouldn’t say it was a fail, the whole point of Galacticos was to get commercial revenue up to get the club out of debt which Florentino Perez successfully did, on the pitch however is a different story

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

Maicon... my favorite RB back then. XD feels like this type of tactic from Mourinho could fit Spurs... they just need a few transfer, especially the CDM. the current Spurs midfield are mostly attacking mid or box-to-box.

[@dankid8856]

CBS need upgrading

[@dankid8856]

Back up target man for harry kane

[@colouredIncognito]

@@dankid8856 they mainly need protection. I can see it happen that the CBs look way better when DM and FBs are upgraded

[@dankid8856]

@@colouredIncognito still need long term cbs

[@colouredIncognito]

@@dankid8856 yes, but I can't see them getting all of them in one window. And it's slightly lesser priority, especially when you can adjust the protection and have several young options that might or might not step up

[@Timbone07]

You underestimated how good Lucio and Samuel are. I do not know much about Samuel to be fair even though he played at Real Madrid at a time. But Lucio was a monster. He went almost 4 years without getting a yellow card. He scored a goal dribbling from his own half to score from open play at Bayern. I know Samuel was built like a brick

[@bangrojai4868]

Inter 2010 got players with defensive solidity at high level and offensive flair even the player is in defensive position. Zanetti can defend but also good in attack. Maicon. Chivu. Cambiasso, Motta and Stankovic. These players are kind of hybrid players which is very rare these days. It is like having 6 Spinazola and Jorginho. Mad team.

[@cookingwithcalum5505]

The 09/10 Inter team was vintage Mourinho both attacking and defensively. I’ll never forget the semi final 2nd leg against Barcelona I found it so frustrating watching them “park the bus” but it worked so effectively. The final against Bayern they just outclassed them from start to finish.

[@emmanuelkofyagyapong6382]

That's right!

[@galacticoti9788]

Personally I think this was true genius from Jose

[@nithints302]

What do you think about his stint with Porto.

[@DarkPhoenix89]

I think this was Mourinho's best team considering what he did to Barca at the most dominant time in their history.

[@jws8220]

This was a brilliany team. Back then, Barca was above all rest and no one could figure out how to beat them. Along came Mourinho with this Inter team and defeated them with just around 20% possesion or so. In the end, they won the treble and that simply makes them a legend.

[@dwarfogaming9323]

It’s crazy to think a team could lose Figo, Patrick Viera, Ibrahimovic, Bonucci, Crespo and Adriano and then win a treble this is why inter is one of the greatest achievements in football history the special 1 will never be topped

[@jjc1752]

How about his tactics at chelsea during 2005-2007

[@jerickalberca4503]

4231 to 451 to 10-1 mate hahaha

[@gold9994]

@@jerickalberca4503 park the bus

[@lxfj2128]

Craigs Craig 84 home games unbeaten

[@thorstenklopp9209]

Buy the best players, destroy the game and shovel in the ball. Very simple. :)

[@nobody9009]

Cech long ball, drogba knocks down, franky shoots,if a goal, defend till death, if not, attack till you lead then defend

[@pragmaticfm]

I would love to see a tactics explained on Liverpool 08/09 team, I know they didn't win anything although they probably should have, great video once again.

[@bathandob8639]

Undisputed Inter of 2009/2010. Who still remembers the volcano Ashe's.

[@emmanuelkofyagyapong6382]

:)

[@wilfredv1930]

Remember that season Chivu was playing left flank too in more defensive style than Zanetti, also Zanetti used to play in defensive midfield, as I think it was on the champions finale

[@faysal7606]

Another useful video Thanks for making it simple for us. Love it 😍

[@Santi_Con_Sombrero]

You don't know the happyness you Made to me making this video... You answered my questions inside my favorite Team xD. So thanks a Lot Man

[@williamattkinson5487]

I'm a huge Jose fan. Genuinely love his football. This team was his peak

[@dikoenatsolo5561]

Then Sneijder was robbed of the Balon D Or

[@Cliffhanger2812]

Inter didn't have much possession as inter was an aged squad! How can a team with average age of 29 dominate with possession? Jose got the best out of his team which managers since him have failed to do despite having different and young squads .

[@danis.4610]

The era when Mourinho still want to play attacking football, He change after this team (and never use his 4-1-2-1-2 formation when he had success in Porto and Inter), dont know what happen to him, sad

[@md.golammusabbirjoy9469]

Well Mou did play attacking football with Real Madrid. May be not deliberately attacking, but effectively. He gave up that thing in Chelsea. I don't know why. May be players didn't like his way.

[@hmst2434]

Md. Golam Musabbir Joy In the first half of his title winning season at Chelsea, he did play very attractive football. But I don’t think that Chelsea squad was best team in the league and it started to show after Christmas so he was been pragmatic when he started to park the bus. At Utd, he just didn’t have good enough players for us to see his football at its best. Also I think modern players don’t have the mentality of the previous generation. His man management approach just doesn’t work with them imo

[@md.golammusabbirjoy9469]

@@hmst2434 agree on last paragraph. I mean look how Drogba, lampard, terry, eto'o, sneijder, milito, ozil, zlatan dedicated themselves for Mourinho, not just professionally but emotionally. Then look how hazard, pogba, ronaldo dealt with him. In order to achieve the absolute achievement, you need to dedicate yourself to your coach.

[@md.golammusabbirjoy9469]

@Gascoigne 6 are you talking about players or fans? Because I am a chelsea fan and I know chelsea's fanbase literally worship him. Same goes for Porto and Inter Milan. United's fanbase don't worship him tho, but he was never chanted by them in OT. OT actually respect Mourinho a lot.

[@chrismark7583]

@@md.golammusabbirjoy9469 at United we adore him, it's only unfortunate it never worked out, he gave us our best success since Ferguson. He still has it as a Top coach

[@dennardleonard1228]

I love the content..kudos bro

[@tejaswakade9047]

Thank you I asked for this video. Also a video on how Mau's status as a manager started declining in second spell as Chelsea because they almost won the Premier League without a proper sticker.

[@erikanders9038]

Finally thank you so much say what you want a bout him but no one can deny that once in a time he was the beat manager in the world

[@kevintanza6968]

I have been very critical of him in his recent years, but he was a genius during that 2002-2012 period.

[@Anthony97279]

0:49 so Ibra went to Genoa for 3M quid?

[@guruspubichair]

LEWIS HAMILTON IS A SEVEN TIME WORLD CHAMPION!

[@shadoe3216]

Great video. Can u do his chelsea side back in 2005-07

[@schn11x]

Great video! 😉 💪 🌈 I would be interested on the tactics of real Madrid under Carlo Ancelotti! Greets 😘

[@interaksi713]

Thanks, nice point of view ... Inter always win in Italy & Europe with a coach that believe in Catenaccio. Herrera, Trapattoni & Mourinho. Simoni almost. So if Conte still love with possession, Inter will get nothing...Inter is Defend. Catenaccio is Inter destiny. Simeone is the answer. Cholismo is Catenaccio.

[@Itonde]

True 😞😞

[@055blackman]

Could you make a video about some all time great like for example Maradona ? In my opinion, he‘s in the top 5 maybe even the best player ever in football history. He was magical with Napoli and Argentina. Analysis about him would be great.

[@horyalpr]

INTER SPENT 45 MILLION BUT MADE 65 F0R IBRA, SO THEY ACTUALLY MADE 20 MILLION PROFIT + ETOO TO WIN THE TREBLE..AMAZING

[@Timbone07]

Hahaha

[@raflikhalifah9591]

wow thank u so much for making this awesome video!! i asked u to make the analysis of inter treble winning season and didnt expect that u would actually did it!!😄

[@jetomoon]

"These is Inter that i dreamt of" Jose Mourinho.

[@joacoelalumno4333]

Please, you could make another video explaining more in detail Mourinho's defensive tactics. I think it isn't shown properly on this one.

[@alexander_iii-h5w]

This thing actually works really well. I was struggling in game than I thought let's follow this tactic & it works really well Yeah my possession ratio decreased to 44% on average but effectiveness of game such as monster defence & counter, scoring goals worked out damn good.

[@IamPrxmetheus]

Being the only manager to have won a treble in Italy, I think it right to say that Mourinho is the king of Italian football

[@morgancarvalho4408]

Pretty sure Ibrahimovic didnt went to Genoa for 3 million. Still, amazing work, I have been watching all of your analysis and they are amazing, a lot of hardwork, congratulations, keep going!

[@SiddhantThatsMe]

Amazing.

[@hamzamir15]

Lucio was very good with the ball he was the ball carrier from the back with Maicon

[@dequanmsealey1356]

Can you do the Mancini City or italy team??, won the league with city and made Italy favourites to win Euro 2020

[@purushothaman6698]

Do a video on Bayern Munich 2012/13

[@romansergiu9424]

That season Cristian Chivu was used as left back in Champions League

[@Resvesrap]

Do a video on how did Jorge Jesus transformed Flamengo 2019/2020.

[@BubblesChika]

Next video: *How Gareth Bale ended Maicon's career.*

[@jetomoon]

You cant compete a teenager with a veteran at that time. Its normal. Just like you compare a ferrari 1960s with 2020s ferrari. Its difference.

[@ra7wa7]

I find that one really interesting. It was a great performance from Bale and a bad performance from Maicon, but that's a game I love to use as an example of why tactics matter. Benitez played a 4-2-3-1 with a high line. Spurs' left-back, Assou-Ekotto, was very attacking and Inter's RWF (Biabiany) didn't track him. So we're left with Maicon against a revved-up Bale and an overlapping fullback. He was constantly getting pulled out of position and couldn't keep up.

[@zikriwaie109]

My first love for football

[@connorjohnson7849]

4-1-2-1-3 must be the greatest formation ever! 12 players!

[@sphamandlalindanhlengethwa4506]

Plz do a video on Luis Enrique Barcelona

[@MrVarunparmar]

u are analyzing a popular team n particularly zlatan.Even i as a kid knew where he went from Inter..

[@kwabenaacheampong1004]

it was a classiic team

[@jerickalberca4503]

Maicon's role is similar now to Aurier. Dont know why they sell Eriksen tho.

[@HIM3153]

He wanted to leave.

[@darrellabrahams747]

I see some of the tottenham tactics in the ucl inter one forward hugging the touchline and the other very narrow

[@sauravdahal208]

Next video:Argentina 2014 wc tactics please

[@gregormacdonald9129]

Can you do a video on Leicester 2015/16

[@antoniettalipetri127]

Wonderful team, in my opinion the best Mourinho's team together Real Madrid 2011-12 season for winning spanish league in the same period of Guardiola's Barcelona...

[@tcity6334]

Pandev played as a winger in his first two seasons in Lazio.

[@rooneye]

2:12 Why is the 4-3-3 listed with the goalkeeper like 1-4-3-3?

[@dudesayingthings]

Do a video on 2013-14 Atletico. Cholismo at its peak.

[@tanishqrahuja987]

Liverpool's tactical evolution could be a good idea for a video. From gegenpressing to organised chaos.

[@poweroftheriff]

To cross and inshallah

[@tanishqrahuja987]

@@poweroftheriff this is exactly why an analysis is needed.

[@martinsports7239]

The era of Muorinho

[@andrewthiselton5118]

Can you do the 1999 man u?

[@ww-gs1xe]

Please do Newscastle entertainers era team Kevin keegan tactics

[@tuhamiabuobker942]

Make a video of how could koman Cheng FCB❤

[@faibabernard]

Why do I see Genoa as the Imbrahimovic was transfered to instead of Barca??

[@youssefalaa867]

Tactical evolution of salah

[@jerickalberca4503]

Pacy inside forward

[@MrProeast]

Wing runner - wing runner with dribbling - wing runner with leg

[@hamzamir15]

Yes this was Mourinho greatest team

[@Coconutbob137]

NEXT UP DO CHELSEA 2004/5 season where they only conceded 9 goals from open play!!!

[@IZZIT]

please make how Mourinho transform Tottenham

[@aditkarandikar8847]

Yup. For me this team and Bayern Munich 2012-13 are the best teams along with Barca 2010-11

[@ManVith2000]

Plazz explain wide playmaker role

[@alex_wolf]

No dislikes tells a story

[@ivang8085]

Mourinho was angry because Martin Jol and his Tottenham side parked the bus at Stamford Bridge, now Mourinho manages Tottenham and his tactic mostly parking the bus. How time changes.

[@ayelkikama4548]

Lucio is so underrated. He has won a world cup and been to 2 champions league finals. Also winning titles in Germany and Italy. Better than van dijk in my opinion

[@Timbone07]

Lucio dribbled from his own half to score from open play at Bayern. He went almost 4 years without getting a single yellow card He is a monster.

[@muhdamsyar4800]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@frenchbanditi5971]

Ah, yes. The famous time Ibra went to Genoa.

[@jahleelmyrie9133]

How do u edit those stuff

[@chrisw2930]

Ibrahimovic to Genoa for 3 mil was a bargain

[@100ravojha]

Make videos relating to Bayern Munich.

[@mayowadavid9541]

Pls I can't find a video for marcelo biesla

[@niharmehendale3230]

Snejjider deserved a ballon d or for his performances

[@samuellopes6187]

Make Kdb evolution

[@DrZii-dg7cn]

When did zlatan moved to genoa?? 😑😶

[@huehuehue1390]

maicon was a tank man

[@totalfootball7879]

And please remember to bring us the #Barca sextuple winning team too

[@justyn7]

It was Mourinhos most successful team but I wouldn’t say best

[@eL-RaL]

Which is the best

[@shikhardobhal3784]

And someone said that Mourinho was a gung ho defensive manager

[@sarthakpahwa4821]

Mourinho is the petrosian of football

[@Timbone07]

@Lazar Vujosevic Stop with the deflecting. He played a 4 2 31 in Europe for a reason unlike in Italy where narrow formations were popular. Wide formations were more popular in other parts. Play 4 1 2 1 2 against Crystal Palace 4 4 2 and you will get slaughtered with 3 v 1 in the wide areas. Maicon is a winger Muntari and Pandev were actually left footed too Even Chivu was left footed Name one left footed member on the United squad apart from Shaw who was always injured? Fred wasn't there initially and took a while to settle You obviously did not watch Man United Jose played with a 3 5 2 most of the time and we finished second but we had no defenders after a while. He screamed for a defender We also had no backup fullbacks until he got an injured Dalot. Lukaku scored over 20 goals his first season. Zlatan also got injured too, so no strike partner I really don't know what you are smoking. Jose failed so badly at Man United that he finished 2nd with a crap squad with Smalling and Jones starting too many matches. Bailly getting permanently injured ruined the team since there were no other CBs in the squad that was good enough. Your argument holds no water. Also, Spurs with Jose beat Bournemouth 5-0 and most recently Leicester 3-0. If that is what your so called "long ball" produces then I have to say "long ball" is the best You seem to know nothing about football

[@putrasbq]

Mourinho madrid that score 100 goal a season pls

[@diallotv9727]

Mourinhos greatest team

[@Cliffhanger2812]

Ibra to Genoa for 3 mil@ 0:50🤣

[@musabelias1240]

Ibrahimovic moved to Barca for some money and etoo

[@dilipnahar8445]

Not some.... 59 Million...

[@jamesatlas5204]

he stopped Barca to win 3 UCL in a row

[@danielfsmoreira89]

FC Porto 2003 and 2004 were just as good.

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

2013/14 Atlético