![]() ![]() “Wherever he has worked he has managed to create very strong groups, not just of football players but of people as well, which is also very important,” he added. “I think his work speaks for itself,” Brazilian forward Julio Baptista, who worked under Pellegrini at Malaga the past three seasons, told Reuters in February. Known for his ability to foster harmony in the dressing room and inspire a fierce loyalty among his players in the manner of a Vicente del Bosque or a Diego Simeone, Pellegrini has won wide praise for his man-management skills. If outspoken Portuguese Mourinho thrives in the spotlight and invites controversy, cultured Chilean Pellegrini prefers as far as possible to remain in the background, allowing his players to bask in the glow of success but assuming responsibility in times of failure. ![]() ![]() While the brashly confident Mourinho - the self-proclaimed “special one” - foments confrontation, the studious and scrupulously polite Pellegrini, known as “The Engineer”, quietly gets on with the job without putting noses out of joint. Malaga's coach Manuel Pellegrini shouts to his players during their Champions League quarter-final second leg soccer match against Borussia Dortmund, in the western German city of Dortmund April 9, 2013. ![]()
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