APPIANO GENTILE - José Mourinho, who spoke yesterday about the declarations made by Marcello Lippi, commented further on the matter today.

"I don't want to waste any more time replying to our national team coach," said Mourinho through inter.it, "because I work every day for my club, and with my team on the pitch and in the dressing room. I don't spend my time waiting for a match now and then. I think I have the right to express an opinion. Some people might not agree with my opinion and I have no problem with that, but I say again that a national team coach should not predict who will win the championship in such a direct way. Lippi did it on TV the other evening. Would Fabio Capello in England reply to the same question with the name of a team? And Vicente Del Bosque in Spain? I don't think so. They are too intelligent to do so..."

With regard to the declarations made by Lippi in an interview for Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana, Mourinho concluded: "I have never spoken about Ferrara and Leonardo and I have nothing against them. So I don't understand why Lippi should talk me and them, making comparisons and giving opinions. I really don't understand."



