{"id":154436,"date":"2026-01-09T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154436"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:47:33","slug":"etoo-mourinho-and-a-decision-that-changed-history-%f0%9f%a5%b6%f0%9f%94%a5-soccershorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154436","title":{"rendered":"Eto\u2019o, Mourinho, and a Decision That Changed History \ud83e\udd76\ud83d\udd25 #soccershorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJIBpxpiaOE?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cI only did it for Mourinho.\u201d<br \/>\nWesley Sneijder once shared a story he\u2019ll never forget.<br \/>\nIn the 2009\/10 season, Mourinho asked Samuel Eto\u2019o to play on the left wing , far from his favorite striker position.<br \/>\nEto\u2019o hesitated. \u201cThat\u2019s not my natural role.\u201d<br \/>\nBut Mourinho explained\u2026 this position could be the key to the team\u2019s success.<br \/>\nEto\u2019o agreed\u2026 and Inter went on to win the treble.<br \/>\nThe following season, a new coach asked the same.<br \/>\nEto\u2019o refused: \u201cI only did it for Mourinho.\u201d<br \/>\nOne line\u2026 but packed with meaning.<br \/>\nSacrifice comes from trust, not orders.<\/p>\n<p>#soccer #soccerplayer #soccerstories<br \/>\n#etoo #mourinho #intermilan<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nJIBpxpiaOE\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI only did it for Mourinho.\u201d Wesley Sneijder once shared a story he\u2019ll never forget. In the 2009\/10 season, Mourinho asked Samuel Eto\u2019o to play on the left wing ,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9592,"featured_media":154437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}