Who is Giovanni Cerra? Jose Mourinho’s assistant at Manchester United who received both barrels during narrow Europa League win
Special One was furious with a member of his staff at Old Trafford — and SunSport tells you more about man on receiving end
JOSE MOURINHO completely lost it at one of his assistants during Manchester United's 1-0 victory of FC Zorya Luhanska.
But who is he?
Cerra was born in Rome and moved to London to complete his studies in industrial design.
He briefly worked in Milan before graduating with a BA in 2006.
Cerra is an amateur biologist and spent time at the university of Plymouth for a 12 month exchange programme, before returning to study at Goldsmiths college in 2010.
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After graduating, he got a job at Microsoft and volunteered for The Barbican in a series of different roles. He speaks English, Italian and French.
Cerra is the analyst on Mourinho's team and he turns scouting data into gameplans and images — making them easier to understand for the United stars.
The Italian will received stats before each game and devise tactics for defending and attacking set-plays and how the players should move with and without the ball.
Cerra will analyse how opponents prefer to switch defence into attack.
Andre Villas-Boas enjoyed a similar role under Mourinho, though with a slightly different title. The former Chelsea and Tottenham boss was 'assistant scout'.
It is a role which has developed more and more importance in the game.
United beat FC Zorya 1-0 thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal.