article_snippet: Jose Mourinho claimed the most surprising aspect of the first leg in the Parc des Princes which ended 1-1 was that the French champions had not tried to play more football. '
article_snippet: I was surprised in that game,' said the Chelsea boss, ahead of the return at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
article_snippet: I was surprised because a team with fantastic players was the team with a record number of fouls.
article_snippet: That it was a team with fantastic players making foul after foul, was the team which stopped Eden Hazard with fouls all the time, was a team with fantastic players attacking the man in possession of the ball with two or three players with some very aggressive actions, a team where – even a player like Zlatan (Ibrahimovic), a typical attacking player – came back when even a player like Zlatan (Ibrahimovic), a typical attacking player – lost the ball and attacked Hazard from behind when we were countering. '
article_snippet: I thought an English team would never be surprised by aggression, because aggression we have in we country.
article_snippet: For me, that was a real surprise.
article_snippet: With players of such quality, I was expecting more football and less aggression.'
article_snippet: It depends upon your concept of football,' said Mourinho. '