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When Jose Mourinho opens his mouth, out pops sparkly gems and koo-koo nuggets. What will we ever do without the Portugeyser. Cue the fun-fair music. It's another Special Fun event.
After Madrid played at the dreaded Riazor against a slipshod Depor squad and drew 0-0, you got classic Mou-paranoia. :
Jose: "While I am at Madrid I will defend the interests of its fans, despite the fact that they laugh at my back. The calendar is developed by people who know what they are doing. It is not normal that after a European match they make us play on Saturday. This isn't just happening now, but from the first moment. They do what they want and that will continue. One day, if you'd like, we'll sit at Valdebebas and we'll look at the dates. It is impossible to disprove what occurs. I don't know what would have happened if we had played on Sunday, but it would have been more fair. We would have given a day off to the the more tired players, we would have trained one more day... ask the specialists in biochemistry and sports physiology. A 0-1 would have been just."
Where to start. I know he doesn't like to blame his players, nor himself really, for the dropped points he is offered, but are we ready to start questioning his highness, yet? Real Madrid were unlucky not to have scored, but, "Only one club played to win. The other worked until the end to defend and obtained the prize." That sounds very much like what other coaches used to say about Mourinho's sides. "What counts is the result", he says. Well, the fact is that his club is built to stifle others and take advantage of their mistakes. When he runs into another club with a similar intent, often times his tactics keep his own from imposing their advantages in skill and talent over lesser sides. Catenaccio sides, or neo-catenaccio sides in this case, often play down to the level of their opponent. Real Madid are allowing fewer goals, down about 40% in fact, but goals for are actually down almost 20%. Then again that's what he's hired for.
As for the calendar, well everyone is under the same conditions. Barcelona are just as battered and tired from fixture congestion as Real Madrid are. That's why you prepare your whole squad for this eventuality. Your starters need an extra day of rest and training? Where are Pedro Leon, Sergio Canales and the rest of his substitutes? Anyway, you can't take advantage of the monetary advantage that your club receives from television contracts and then complain that your paymasters are too controlling.
Then again, gotta love him right?
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