Jose Mourinho has labelled coaches who don’t like counter-attacking football as “stupid”.
The Chelsea boss was reacting to critics of his team’s style of play and stated that the focus should not be on keeping possession.
“There is no new generation (of managers),’ Mourinho said. ‘What it is, is people who got some idea, some philosophy, and want to create something like, “we build very well from the back, we have a very good ball possession, we don’t play counter-attack”,” Mourinho told the Sundat Times.
“But if you don’t play counter-attack then it’s because you are stupid. Counter-attack is a fantastic item of football, an ammunition that you have, and when you find your opponent unbalanced you have a fantastic moment to score a goal.
“So I think people are creating (illusions) and it has influenced public opinion. But football will never change. Football is to win.”
Mourinho, who led Chelsea to both the Premier League and Capital One Cup titles last season, also confirmed he will be bringing in a striker this summer. The Blues have been seriously linked with Radamel Falcao, who spent the last campaign on loan at rivals Manchester United.
“We will be better. I don’t see our team losing players,” he added
“We lost a striker who scored four goals in the Premier League, but three of these goals meant important points for us. So we have to buy a striker because we want to have three strikers of a good level.”
