José Mourinho Inter Milan 2010: How to Build a Champions League Winner From an Aging Squad

  The José Mourinho Inter Milan 2010 story began with a squad many saw as past its best. Mourinho once claimed that a team built around veteran stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, and Dani Alves could win the league, Champions League, and FIFA Coach of the Year award. At Inter, he achieved a version of that challenge. His team won the 2009-10 Serie A title, Coppa Italia, and Champions League with the oldest starting XI ever seen in a Champions League final. The achievement became even greater because Inter had waited 45 years for European glory and had to defeat a younger, possession-heavy Barcelona side along the way. José Mourinho Inter Milan 2010 Began With a European Problem Inter carried a 45-year Champions League drought Inter had not won the European Cup since 1965, when Mourinho was only two years old. The wait became harder to accept because city rivals AC Milan won the competition six times during...
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