In 1998, Louis van Gaal was coach of FC Barcelona. The current Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho, was assisting him. For a Copa Catalunya match versus a little club called UE Lleida, van Gaal let Mourinho take charge.
The player from Lleida who scored the opening goal in the match now is a bitter rival, and some may say, irritant-in-the-eye, of the "Special One". Who?
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Tito Vilanova, now the head coach of FC Barcelona. In 2011, Mourinho infamously poked Vilanova in the eye in the fracas after a match.
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