Jose Mourinho: Why no one can not stop me taking charge of Chelsea despite Stoke ban

Jose Mourinho insists he will still be in charge of Chelsea against Stoke tomorrow

JOSE MOURINHO insists he will still be in charge for Chelsea's trip to Stoke tomorrow because he has prepare his staff so well.

 

The Blues boss will serve a one-match stadium ban and is not allowed to set foot inside the Brittania.

He was hit with the ban after admitting a misconduct charge, but when asked who would be in charge, he said: “Me. I will be in charge.

"Every responsibility is my responsibility. My staff are completely free of that extra pressure.

 

"That doesn’t belong to their jobs. It’s my responsibility. If, after 10 minutes, we are playing with seven men, it’s something I didn't prepare my assistants for.

"They’d have to decide themselves. But we tried to reduce (the decisions needed to be made).

“The game is unpredictable. We don’t know the direction it will go in many aspects, but we try to reduce them. 

 

"That we did. The most incredible scenarios you can imagine (we prepared). Let’s go to extremes: at half-time winning or losing 4-0.

“In between this, you have 1,000 options: be dominating and controlling the game; being dominated and not controlling the game; having problems with this or that area; injuries or red cards of the goalkeeper, the right-back, the centre-half, the striker, the winger.

"We went through all these different scenarios. They are prepared. But what is also important is for them to feel protected by the fact that it’s my responsibility

"It’s just for the players to play, and for the assistants to be with them and supportive with them.”