The Spanish international has taken out time to voice his support for the Portuguese mentor, asserting that the team is completely behind him.
Real Madrid captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815, has expressed that Jose Mourinho is still the leader at the Spanish capital and that the players are ready to follow in his influence.
According to the veteran shot stopper, the team are fully prepared to offer full support to their tactician as he believes that he is the only person who can carry the team through the difficulty that they are faced with at the moment.
The Spaniard made the statement following his side’s latest draw against Espanyol. The defending champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 played host to the Catalan outfit this weekend in what turned out to be a thrilling encounter.
The match that took place at the Santiago Bernabeu ended with a final score of 2-2. To the dismay of the home crowd, their side dropped 2 crucial points in the Spanish Primera Division’s league standings despite dominating the match.
A late equalizer by the visitors made sure that the exploits from the night will be divided amongst the two teams.
To further complicate things for Los Merengues, their rivals Barcelona managed to overcome Atletico Madrid with a score of 4-1. The victory takes them 9 points clear at the top of the league table and the race for the silverware appears to be one-sided at
the moment.
Nevertheless, Casillas has refused to sound distraught and has emphasized that Mourinho can lead the team to success in the future.
"We all support Mourinho without any doubt," he told reporters.
"Set pieces are not matter of defenders doing badly, or even the goalkeeper not coming to claim the ball. It's because of every one of us and we're letting other teams do so much with them. Today we have to step back. The situation we have is not favourable.
We left two points behind. We can not be so far away from Barcelona. Now have to continue and think about the match against Malaga, win and again claim victory."
Real Madrid are 13 points behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in the Spanish Primera Division’s league standings.
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