Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho said zonal marking and defensive discipline were the keys as his side achieved what numerous others have failed to do in recent times ufffd stop Lionel Messi.
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Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho said zonal marking and defensive discipline were the keys as his side achieved what numerous others have failed to do in recent times ufffd stop Lionel Messi.
Above all, though, Mourinho's negation of Messi owed more to order and organisation, the Portuguese coach said.
"I am against man-to-man marking," he said.
"We defend as a team, in zones ufffd one man alone cannot stop Messi.
"You can't say it was (Esteban) Cambiasso that stopped Messi or that our midfield or our defence stopped Messi ufffd we worked together and playing in zones.
"Everyone knows their positions and we defended exceptionally."
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