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- His scenes and landscapes have a vivid cinematic quality
Isabel Hilton, Independent - Easily transcends the normal confines of sports journalism
Economist - Burns writes with colour and panache
Scotsman
- His scenes and landscapes have a vivid cinematic quality
From the blog:
Mourinho was not so special in Spain
I can think of several coaches deserving a noble place in Spanish football history, but Jose Mourinho is not one of them. Cowardice dictated his red card in the King’s Cup final, his verbal outburst the cheap shot of a bad loser. He had promised more than he could deliver and knew it but rather than stick around and fight to the end with his players, he chose escape. It was a game in which Simeone’s street bruisers had found their perfect counterpart in Mourinho, and beat him at his …
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