At the press conference before the match Real Madrid — Inter José Mourinho received perhaps one of the strangest and at the same time most fitting gifts of his career.
An Italian journalist approached the coach and, with a completely serious face, handed him... a garden lawn sprinkler.
It took Mourinho literally a second to get the hint — and he burst out laughing.
The joke takes us straight back to 2010. Back then, Inter, under Mourinho, knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League. After the final whistle, the Portuguese went out onto the Camp Nou pitch to celebrate — and at that moment, the stadium's irrigation system unexpectedly switched on.
While Mourinho was celebrating, the sprinklers were already working at full blast around him.
The footage was so striking that the moment quickly became one of the most recognizable football memes of that time.
And now, years later, the story unexpectedly got a sequel.
The journalist literally gave Mourinho a piece of his own football meme.
The coach took the gift, didn't let it spoil his mood, and once again proved that he knows how to take a good joke.
Now, at home, Mourinho may have an item that is perfect for reminiscing:
a sprinkler that knows too much about Barcelona. 😄
