Neither Guardiola nor Zidane, Mourinho chose the coach he respects the most

José Mourinho is a winning coach, he is the only one who has won all the major UEFA competitions. Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. He has been champion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and England. The Portuguese is quite a successful person.

It is not for nothing that he is nicknamed The Special One. Mourinho had a strong rivalry a few years ago with Pep Guardiola and has admired great coaches such as Carlo Ancelotti, Zinedine Zidane, and also considers Louis van Gaal as one of his teachers.

Days away from playing in the Europa League final, Mourinho had an act of humility and chose the coach he currently respects the most. This is José Luis Mendilibar, a person who coaches Sevilla and who will be the Portuguese's rival in the following days.

"Tactically, it is an honor to play against Mendilibar, because for me he represents a group of coaches, which are so many, with great jobs in small teams, without the possibility of winning titles, and they spend a career like this. At the first opportunity he has had to working with great players, in a great club with history, he's in a Europa League final. It's not a surprise to me that he's reached the Europa League final, he's a very well-prepared coach, with very simple ideas, clear, objective and pragmatic. It's an honor to play against him and greet him before and after the game," Mourinho said in an interview for Movistar.

Mourinho has never lost a UEFA final

Jose Mourinho is the only coach who has not lost a UEFA final, he will also face Sevilla, this team has won all the finals it has played in the Europa League. Now in this confrontation one of the two will lose this great record.