Mourinho is a disciple at the hands of Messi

Interviewed by Nasser Sadeq

Portuguese coach Jorge Castillo, one of the most prominent football experts in his country, where he is the student of the most prominent coaches of Portugal, led by Jose Mourinho, through his work as a lecturer at the International and European Football Federation and a professor at the University of Lisbon Sports Science, Al Jazeera Net met during his supervision of a workshop for coaches Gulf on the sidelines of the Gulf Championship 24 in the Qatari capital Doha.

By teaching Mourinho at the beginning of his coaching career, did you expect him to achieve great success?

I studied football for four years for Mourinho at the Lisbon University of Sport Sciences, and I expected his success to a certain level because he was smart and strong, but he really exceeded my expectations thanks to the acquisition of diverse experiences as a result of his work at the beginning of his coaching career with English coach Bobby Robson in Sporting Lisbon, then FC Porto, with whom he moved to Barcelona, ​​also gained the experience of Dutch coach Louis van Gaal at the Catalan club as well.

How do you explain the arrival of Mourinho at the time of the summit of training in the world, although it is known that he did not practice football professionally?

It is not a requirement that a good coach be a professional player, and that the player may not be a successful coach, and in the case of Mourinho there is a secret in the superiority of training knows only those close to him, his father, Felix Mourinho, who was a professional goalkeeper in the Portuguese league, and became after his retirement as a special coach And that made his son soak up his training skills early.

It is said that the "lost thing does not give it" How can the coach teach the players technical skills and is not good at all?

For example, Messi and Ronaldo may not be suitable as coaches, although they are the best players in the world today, the coach is a technical manager of the team and the quality of training provided by the players gain technical and planning skills, for example, but not a few Portugal's successful coaches have not been good players, including current Colombian coach Carlos Queiroz, former Qatari coach Gusfaldo Ferreira, as well as German coach Jurgen Klopp and his Swedish counterpart Goran Eriksson.

Do you think that the Argentine star Lionel Messi is the right to the Golden Ball this year, and what is your explanation for the failure of your compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo and the third place?

Vote for the best player in the world with a large number of different opinions, even if you notice that last year's winner Luka Modric is not present in the top 20 rankings this year, the conclusion that Messi deserves the golden ball, and Ronaldo plays in Juventus, the best club in Italy But he is not the best in Europe, and he has suffered physical problems and injuries this season that may justify not being crowned.

Did Messi's relatively beloved personality about Ronaldo played a part in the selection?

I don't rule out that he is nicer in form than Ronaldo and always smiling, but I would like to emphasize that his victory does not reduce the Portuguese star, if we combine their goals together may exceed the goals of 20 teams combined they are rare football phenomena in the stadiums.