Mourinho's preparations for Saturday's FA Cup Final showdown against Manchester United were disrupted when he was cautioned and then released without charge on Tuesday night for obstructing police who wanted to take a Yorkshire terrier from the Chelsea manager's London home.

Officers believed the dog did not have the required inoculations but Mourinho claimed it had all the necessary jabs and was taken to Belgravia police station after arguing his case too vehemently.

The bizarre incident could hardly have come at a worse time for Mourinho, with the Wembley clash just days away, and caps a tumultuous season for the Portuguese coach.

The prospect of losing a final to United so soon after surrendering the Premiership title to Sir Alex Ferguson's side would rub salt into Mourinho's wounds.

But he claimed any blow that comes his way in football will be irrelevant compared to the anxiety of seeing his wife Tami and his two young children distressed on Tuesday.

"Since what has happened yesterday to my family, nothing hurts me, especially in football," he said.

"Nothing hurts me in football because it is impossible to compare that to my family. What hurts me is what happened yesterday to my family, not to me."

Wembley welcomes back the FA Cup final for the first time since 2000, when Chelsea beat Aston Villa, and the prospect of leading his team out at the newly rebuilt England national stadium should raise Mourinho from his despondency.

The significance of the show piece encounter is not lost on Mourinho and he is determined to ensure Chelsea and United produce a final to remember.

"Saturday as an event will be special," he said. "It will be a special social event and it is up to us, managers, players and referee to make it a sporting event to remember.

"The fact that it is Wembley and 90,000 people, it is historical and something to remember.

"I have been to Wembley only twice. Once to see England play Scotland when Paul Gascoigne scored a great goal in Euro 96 and the second time was with Barcelona against Arsenal in the Champions League. It was magnificent.

"If both teams can have an attacking and positive spirit we can make the game a real final - a final the new Wembley deserves.

"Everybody has a responsibility in the final, everybody. I will be very sad and disappointed if the final is not a good event, a fair event with a good winner and proud loser.

"Chelsea gave a good example of how to lose the Premiership crown, we gave an example of the way we fought to try and win it again and the way we behaved in the moment we lost it.

"That's what I think should happen in this game. I will be disappointed if some of the players were diving or trying to get others red-carded."

The FA Cup is the only English domestic trophy Mourinho has yet to win. Completing the set at Wembley, a venue that as a child he dreamed of visiting, would go some way to banishing the blues of a season that promised more than was ultimately delivered for the Stamford Bridge club.

"I can imagine it is a special final because it is the first final in new Wembley," Mourinho said. "I can imagine it has a lot of meaning for everybody.

"But it means a lot for me. It takes me back to my youth when I was first in love with the game. There were a few trophies I always dreamed to win and the FA Cup final was one of them.

"As a kid you look more at finals than competitions. For me the matches were the Portuguese Cup final, the English Cup final, the European Cup final, and the World Cup final.

"From a selfish point of view, when you like to win new things instead of repeat things, the FA Cup has has a lot of meaning for me.

"If we win that trophy on Saturday we can say we won every competition in domestic football."