Legendary former Nerazzurri defender, Marco Materazzi, believes that Jose Mourinho could have won more trophies at Inter Milan if he had stayed on as coach.
Materazzi, the former legend at FC Internazionale Milano of Italy, made the point when he spoke to The Times.
He looked back on the team that won the treble of Serie A, Coppa Italian and Champions League during Mourinho’s second term in charge of Inter Milan: “Sharing the pitch again with players like Julio Cesar, Maicon, Zanetti, Lucio, Sneijder, Cambiasso, Figo, Diego Milito gives me a mixture of happiness and nostalgia.
“What I miss most is the dressing room.
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“That feeling of having a family outside of your own.
“People with whom you live every day, and with whom you share everything.”
The 2006 World Cup winner called Mourinho “the best coach I’ve ever had”, adding: “I was used to being important.
“To being the captain.
“But when Mourinho came in, I started to become less important to the team.
“But he was honest with me from the first moment.”
Materazzi said after the Champions League final against Bayern, himself and Mourinho cried because he was leaving Inter Milan.
He said: “I asked him why he was leaving.
“Why was he leaving me alone?”
“I was convinced that if he’d have stayed we could have continued to win, maybe not another Champions League.
“But more trophies.
“But by that point, he had already made his decision to go to Real Madrid.”
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