Real Madrid lead La Liga's points table with 10 points and that allows Jose Mourinho to test his non-regular players.
Barcelona’s 3-2 defeat against Osasuna allowed Real Madrid to take a 10-point advantage over the current Spanish Champions. La Blaugrana have suffered a lot while being away from home and Jose Mourinho played the right cards in order to keep a consistent
lead over his arch-rivals.
Real Madrid faced Levante at the Santiago Bernabeu while Barcelona lost their away game to Osasuna. The defeat gave Real Madrid the chance to take a 10-point advantage over the Spanish Champions; however, they had to beat Levante in order to do so.
Levante were the side who managed to beat Los Blancos 1-0 at home, earlier this season. However, while playing as hosts, Mourinho played his strongest side and won the game 4-2 in order to widen the gap over Barcelona.
Now, with Real Madrid leading the points table with a significant margin, Jose Mourinho has stated that he has room to breathe in La Liga. Real Madrid can make a few mistakes and lose a few points on their road to the Spanish La Liga crown.
Mourinho can now play the players who he has only used as utility players and who have not had a lot of first-team appearances for Los Blancos. Such players include Nuri Sahin, Ricardo Kaka, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hamit-Altintop-c15652, Jose Callejon and Raphael Varane.
These players have the ability to perform phenomenally, but with the amount of competition at the Santiago Bernabeu, they don’t get a lot of first team action.
Real Madrid are competing in two major competitions, Spanish La Liga and UEFA Champions League. Since La Liga is hypothetically already won by Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho can rest his main players during the league games and can play them in Europe in order
to qualify for the next round.
Real Madrid will face CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League and Jose Mourinho will definitely play his first-choice star players in order to score a lot of goals while being away from home.
Since most of those players will be travelling all the way to Moscow, the Portuguese mentor will try and rest them and play the ones who were benched during the European fixture.
Jose Mourinho cannot afford to make a mistake in the Champions League since the team is in the knockout stage. Therefore, he will test the non-regular players in the league where he can afford to do so.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 has been playing a lot of football and the Spaniard needs rest in order to avoid fatigue in the future. Hence, the inclusion of Raphael Varane in the centre-back role would be welcomed by Mourinho.
Moreover, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554, who is back in training after recovering
from his respective injury.
Jose Callejon is a diverse player and he can always slot-in for the star striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 Kaka, while Karim Benzema’s
position can be taken over by the goal-deprived Gonzalo Higuain.
With Real Madrid having a significant advantage over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Jose Mourinho should be confident enough to test all his non-regular players in La Liga. This will not only boost their morale but will also help them become better replacements for the first-choice
star players.
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