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Monday, 5 August 2013

Mourinho masterminds Italian job to set up Real grudge match after Chelsea crush AC Milan... so why no smiles from the Happy One?

Jose Mourinho will go head-to-head with former club Real Madrid next week as he looks to secure his first trophy since returning to Chelsea.
Goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Andre Schurrle secured victory over AC Milan here in New Jersey to reach the final of the Guinness International Champions Cup, where they will face the Spanish giants.
Mourinho left the Bernabeu to return to Stamford Bridge earlier this summer after falling out with the club's powerbrokers.
No smiles: Mourinho cut a glum figure

Chelsea got off to a bright start, Oscar and Branislav Ivanovic both going close in the opening 11 minutes as the Blues looked to clinch a place Wednesday's final.
But the Italians, after a pedestrian opening, soon found their rhythm as the lively Stephan El Shaarawy and Kevin-Prince Boateng passed up decent opportunities.
Ivanovic was booked in the 17th minute for a cynical trip on Mario Balotelli just as the former Manchester City man was about to pull the trigger on the edge of the box.
And the Serb denied Balotelli again eight minutes later - but this time it was a brilliant goalline clearance after Petr Cech could only half-save Sulley Muntari's low shot with the Italy forward ready to pounce at the back post.

And Mourinho's side took full advantage of, taking the lead just three minutes later through De Bruyne's clinical finish after he was set-up brilliantly by his fellow Belgian Eden Hazard.
Chelsea made six changes at half-time, Mark Schwarzer, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Fernando Torres, Juan Mata, Ramires and Victor Moses all coming on.
And Torres nearly made an instant impact, just failing to slip Marco van Ginkel through after a strong run down the left flank.
Terry went within inches of doubling Chelsea's lead in the 52nd minute with an acrobatic volley from 10 yards after Hazard's pinpoint corner.
Moses, after some brilliant work to free himself of Urby Emanuelson's attentions down the right flank, fired an angled shot harmlessly wide.
And the Nigeria international looked threatening during the early stages of the second period, with his pace causing the Italians problems.
Mata forced a routine save from Christian Abbiati with low angled shot from 14 yards after being set-up by Torres, before firing a free-kick narrowly over.

Antonio Nocerino glanced a header harmless wide from Emanuelson's cross in the 75th minute before the Dutch midfielder, on loan at Fulham last season, saw a low goalbound strike blocked by Gary Cahill as Milan applied late pressure in search of an equaliser.
The dangerous Mbaye Niang then saw his fierce shot bravely blocked, this time from Terry, as Chelsea clung on their slender advantage.
Substitute Schurrle missed a good chance to seal Chelsea's place in Wednesday's final, before Torres suffered the ignominy of being substituted for Romelu Lukaku in the 87th minute - despite only coming on at half-time.
But Schurrle was not to be denied as he scored injury time to book Mourinho's Miami grudge match.

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