Porto are one of the most successful teams in Portuguese football. Winning the league and domestic cups is no achievement.
But I've already said winning the CL with them, even with the horrific cheating, was a superb achievement. Monaco didn't stand a chance.
They went through Man Utd, Lyon, Deportivo and Monaco to win, and needed huge slices of luck at nearly every stage.
Man Utd had the wrongly disallowed Scholes goal.
Deportivo had their best CB Jorge Andrade sent off in the first leg for a nothing incident, he was badly missed In the 2nd. Monaco were without their injured captain and best player Ludovic Giuly (Went on to win with Barca in 2006 for the final.
Several of those Porto players went on to get big moves, achieved big things at club level and were the backbone of the Euro 2004 runners up and 2006 World Cup semi finalists. They certainly weren’t a flash in the pan.
Inter had several world class players and Mourinho put it together for a golden run. I believe he was at his absolute apex in 2010.
CL wise he absolutely failed at Chelsea, Madrid and Utd.
Pep created the best club side most of us have ever seen , they formed the backbone of the best international side that most of us have seen. His legacy in not just what he won but his coaching influencing the next generation. I do think as harsh as it sounds he didn’t achieve the ultimate objective.
I think this is all moot because £4£ Klopp and Simeone have been the best coaches over the past decade, and you’d have to throw Zidane in there too.