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Mourinho, from Juve to the verdict for disqualification up to Pogba: one enemy leads to another

Simply irreconcilable. Different in the way of conceiving football, life, similar only in the ego: huge. And without going as far as to mention Victor Kruger’s masterpiece, Highlander, it was almost obvious that in the end only one should remain. Because within the same locker room Mourinho e Pogba they are like day and night, cat and dog, alpha and omega. There is perhaps a phrase that captures the distance between the two: «There are many poets in football but poets don’t win titles». José pronounced it after the triumph in the Europa League. It is the first sign of the crunch between the two. Which flares up in the second season at United. Mou starts working it on the hips. He replaces him in the championship with the boy from Primavera Mc Tominay who will then also be preferred in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Sevilla. Open up heaven. At the end of the race, Mou, promoting the Scotsman, ditched Paul: «A normal haircut, no tattoos or big cars, a humble boy. Well done my baby.”

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Not satisfied, he increases the dose on TV, embracing the journalist who asks him about the boy: «That’s a question! Everyone is asking me about Pogba, but it’s him we should be talking about.” When Pogba wins the World Cup in 2018, the Special loosens its grip. The truce does not last long. In retreat he invites him to keep the same intensity shown in Russia. The answer was immediate: «A happy player is always more at ease than an unhappy one. If I were to speak, I would be fined.” No need. After a draw with Wolverhampton, Pogba attacks: «The problem? Ask the coach.” What a sibylline reply: «We should always play like a World Cup final». We have arrived at the last days of Pompeii: 24 hours later, the Special announces that Pogba will no longer be the captain. The pebble of misunderstandings has now turned into an avalanche. Mou’s farewell at the end of 2018 will be a relief for Paul, as he told Le Figaro a year ago: «It all happened with Mourinho. When depression comes, you start asking yourself a thousand questions. To one, tomorrow, there will be no need to answer: the two will try to avoid each other.

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And it may not even be difficult. The judgment on the appeal against the two-match ban has been postponed to today. Roma are hoping for the fine to be canceled (reduction to one matchday more likely). Unless you decide for a suspension. Translated: Mou present tomorrow with la Juve and talk about it again on Monday. Meanwhile, the federal prosecutor Chinè has listened to the delegate to the referees of Rome, Scala, the secretary Lombardo and the referee Serra, in video connection from Coverciano. To close the investigation, it will take a few days. Time to enjoy the challenge with Juve and new chapters of an exasperated rivalry. From «there is only an area of ​​25 meters in Italy» to hand to ear in the winning return to the Stadium with United, there is only the embarrassment of choice. After all, when Mou is involved, the noise of enemies is always topical.

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