CLASSIC CLIPS | The Night Ronaldinho Taught Joe Cole A Brutal Lesson & Mourinho’s RUTHLESS Chelsea
5/11/20268 min
FROM THE VAULT: In this clip, Joe Cole joins the lads to reflect on the ruthless standards set by Jose Mourinho during Chelsea’s glory years, including the brutal lesson he learned after facing Ronaldinho and Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
Joe opens up on Mourinho’s obsession with tactical discipline, the fear factor inside the dressing room, and the savage man-management techniques that kept Chelsea’s squad on edge.
The former England international also shares hilarious stories from his first ever England call-up at just 18 years old, including meeting legends like David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Tony Adams, as well as witnessing Kevin Keegan resign after England’s defeat to Germany at the old Wembley.
Elsewhere, Joe breaks down one of football’s most painful and underappreciated jobs — being the designated “charger” in the wall — and why taking a free-kick to the face was sometimes the easy option.
If you enjoyed this clip, you can catch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/jBJh3GjgFUE
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First 90 secondsPeter Crouch· Host0:00
What was different with José to make you get into that, the right position at that time?
Joe Cole· Guest0:03
He liked partnerships on the pitch, so I played on the right. Paulo Ferreira played behind me. What he was very big on was s- was you'd pick up left back, right? To a c- and, and if he, if he, if he got a cross in, it was my responsibility, not the right back's. Do you know what I mean? So... And you just knew, if you, if you got it wrong... Like, there's a game, we're playing Barcelona in the Nou Camp, right? And I was playing right midfield, and it was the first time I'm playing against Ronaldinho. So, stupidly, so the ball's gone into Ronaldinho, he's pinned Paulo Ferreira, and he's got... We're all in a nice defensive position. We're all set. I'm with... I can see Van Bronckhorst, and he's made a run. And I, and I thought, "That's a stupid run. He's never gonna get that." And Ronaldinho's just gone, done, done something, lollipop, bang. Backheeled it into Van Bronckhorst. And it was one of them moments when I was pitching, I was like, "Oh, shit." [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] Van Bronckhorst- Here we go again ... switching across. Essux missed it by a, by a rizzle. But, like, that was because it was Ronaldinho, and I took a gamble where I let Van Bronckhorst run. And I thought, "Right now, for the rest of the 40 or 50 games, there's no ever, there's not gonna be a fullback that's gonna run past me." José was the, um, was the best at, like, just, like, putting a player down in a brilliant way. Like, it was like Ricky Carvalho, obviously, great player, great at the game, right? He had a row with José about something. After the game, he didn't