How Real Madrid learned from Barcelona and came close to beating them (Part 1)
Jose Mourinho is famous for taking over a club and making it a gold mine. Starting from the Portuguese side Porto, Jose Mourinho managed to win a treble there. Later, the Portuguese coach joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and helped them win a domestic double. After leaving
Chelsea, Jose Mourinho joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan and helped them win a European treble as well.
Now, Mourinho wants to continue his mission in the Spanish La Liga. However, there is a big hurdle between him and what he is trying to accomplish – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. Josep Guardiola has assembled one of the best teams in the history of the game and with time,
as their understanding grows, they are only becoming stronger.
Mourinho became in charge of Los Blancos in 2010 and he managed to impress throughout the season. However, as Real Madrid had to face their arch rivals Barcelona at the Nou Camp, they didn’t know what awaited them.
Josep Guardiola laid down the perfect team and the perfect tactics. It was Jose Mourinho’s first ever encounter as a Real Madrid coach and the Portuguese manager got a beating of a life time. Barcelona won the game 5-0 at the Nou Camp and the Madrid fans
had to cover their faces in horror.
While Madrid approached the game like they would play against a normal team, Barcelona played it like an “El Clasico.” The Catalans were well prepared with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 discovered his “new” role
of a false nine while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 played on the left flank and scored two goals in the second half.
Real Madrid simply couldn’t match the level of the La Blaugrana and Barcelona triumphed over a weak Madrid side.
The second El Clasico saw the return of Jose Mourinho. Barcelona were to face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. It was that time of the year when both these teams had to face each other four times in a span of two months – once in the Spanish La Liga,
in the final of the Copa Del Rey and in two legs of the UEFA Champions League semi final.
While playing against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu, Jose Mourinho changed his tactics and it eventually did pay off. The Portuguese coach decided to play the Portuguese centre back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 was to mark Xavi
Hernandez so that he cannot move the ball around in Real Madrid’s half.
The Portuguese man worked hard to achieve his goal and the result showed how hard Mourinho worked with his team. Despite Barcelona keeping most of the possession of the ball, the match ended in a 1-1 draw. Lionel Messi opened the scoring with a spot kick
while Cristiano Roanldo equalized eventually.
Later, Barcelona faced Real Madrid in the final of the Copa Del Rey. Real Madrid came out with the same tactics and it worked perfectly for them. Los Blancos managed to take the game into extra time and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 scored from a header and helped his
side win the Spanish Cup with the final score line 1-0 in favour of Madrid.
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