A war of words between Solskjaer and Mourinho .. "The stadium will soon rule"

The confrontation between Norwegian coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his Portuguese predecessor Jose Mourinho moves to the field after it has made headlines in the past few days, when Manchester United and Tottenham meet tomorrow, Sunday, in the fourth stage of the English Premier League.

Solskjaer ignited the war of words with Mourinho after last weekend's thrilling 3-2 victory over Brighton in a match during which the latter hit the three sticks of the goal five times, saying, "We must be happy because Jose is not here to measure the goal."

The Norwegian who succeeded Mourinho in United training at the end of 2018 after the latter achieved only seven victories under the leadership of the Portuguese out of the first 17 games in the league since the beginning of that season, referring in his speech to what his predecessor did during the mid-week match for Tottenham against the North Macedonian Skandia (3 -1) In the third preliminary round of the "Europa League".

Mourinho, before the match, measured the height of the goal, to discover that it was five centimeters shorter than the legal measurement, which led to changing it, according to what the Portuguese said after the match.

Solskjaer's statement did not go unnoticed by Mourinho, who responded after the disappointing draw last weekend against Newcastle 1-1 after Tottenham were ahead until stoppage time before a penalty kick was counted against him, to a question if he measured the goal before the match, "No, because I know there is no problem with the players. I think Olly (Solskjaer) was happy Saturday (after the Brighton match) and so surprised by what happened to his team that he told a joke."

"But I understand that the goal measurement is not important to him. For him, what matters is the measurement of the 18-yard area (the penalty area) ... I think he prefers it to 22 yards! For him that would be better," he said, referring to the penalty kick Which United scored the winning goal against Brighton in the tenth minute of injury time, after the latter equalized 2-2 in the fifth minute of injury time.

Solskjaer tried to reduce tension, saying, referring to the outbreak of the Corona virus that caused Tottenham to qualify for the League Cup final price without playing due to the large number of injuries in the ranks of his opponent, Leyton Orient (third degree), "We are going through strange times at the present time, Sometimes you have to have a little fun. They are just innocent comments (...). "

"For me, Jose is a coach with a very attractive personality. You enjoy talking to him in the media and I enjoyed watching him. He is a person who loves to win," stressing, "I am not one of those who do mental games to influence the opponent. I have great respect for him as a coach and for the results." That he achieved and all that he gave to football. "

The two teams will play the meeting in high spirits after United renewed their victory over Brighton on Wednesday and reached the League Cup quarter-finals by sweeping them 3-0 away from home as well.

As for Tottenham, they qualified by overcoming Chelsea on penalties, before Thursday, they overwhelmed Maccabi Haifa 7-2 in the play-off round that qualified for the "Europa League" thanks to a hat-trick by Harry Kane and a double for Argentine Giovanni Le Celso.

The two coaches are aware that any faltering will constitute an early blow to their teams' hopes of staying close to champions Liverpool, who emerged victorious from their first three matches, similar to their neighbors Everton, led by Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti and a group of new players, and Leicester City, who is currently leading on goal difference.

Tottenham has collected 4 points from three games so far, while United have three points from two games in the fourteenth place directly behind their arch-rival Manchester City, who came from a humiliating defeat at home at the hands of Leicester City 2-5.

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