Jose Mourinho stadium ban: Chelsea fans wear 'Mou masks' and take life-sized cardboard cut-out to Stoke match
The Portuguese boss was handed a one-match stadium ban by the Football Association for the match against Stoke City
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was banned by the Football Association from attending the Premier League match with Stoke, but definitely appeared to be there in spirit.
Supporters of the struggling London club, who sat in 15th position before the clash at the Britannia Stadium, missed the Portuguese boss so much, they wore masks of him in the stands.
Broadcast live on Sky Sports, television cameras even spotted one supporter pull out a life-size cardboard cut-out of the beleaguered former Inter Milan manager.
When asked in the week about how he planned on spending his evening, Mourinho replied: “I have no plans. Maybe I sit on a street corner with my iPad. Maybe I don't even watch the game.
“What's the point if I can't make decisions? Maybe [I follow it on Twitter]. Maybe live scores, I don't know.”
Mourinho's B-Team of Steve Holland, Silvino Louro, Rui Faria, Christophe Lollichon and Michael Emenalo were called upon to manage the team this evening as Mourinho left the team bus and went his seperate ways.
Chelsea defeated Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday evening but were without a win in five fixtures beforehand.
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