The former Germany goalkeeper has stated that there was no reason behind hooking Casillas and insisted that Mourinho made a bad decision
Jose Mourinho has attracted a lot of criticism following his hugely controversial decision to hook club captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 for Los Blancos previous league game against Malaga.
The Real Madrid manager most surprisingly opted to bench his team’s captain and give 2nd choice goalkeeper Antonio Adan the nod for Real’s crucial league game at La Rosaleda last week.
Antonio Adan did not seal his chance and his performance was disappointing as he was seen at fault for all three of the goals conceded by La Liga’s defending champions.
Real Madrid lost the match 3-2 despite Karim Benzema’s best efforts. The Frenchman first forced an own goal and with Madrid chasing the game at 3-1 on one stage, he again scored.
Adan conceded two strikes from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roque-Santa-Cruz-c31778 and that summed up Madrid’s night as they were well beaten.
Mourinho’s decision was brought to question after Real’s inability to bag all three points as they were already far behind league leaders http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
This defeat gave Barca a massive 16 points advantage over their bitter rivals and have left them sweating over their condition for competition in La Liga.
A number of legends and people associated to the Santiago Bernabeu outfit blasted Mourinho for his bold decision, whereas some have notably gone on to support the case of the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 manager, the most recent in this list
being http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Maradona-c11160.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904’s former Goalkeeper, Illgner thinks opposite to the Argentine legend and cannot understand Mourinho’s selection.
"I was very surprised when he didn’t start," he told Marca. "It marked the end of an era, because nobody, including myself, expected it after seeing him in goal for 10 years. It’s always tough for a keeper. Only one player can
play between the sticks. That’s the worst thing about our position.”
"Initially, it’s a very hard pill to swallow. I’m sure he found it hard, but I’m sure that as the days pass he’ll have taken some positives from it. If he tried to take something positive, he’ll come back stronger.”
Real are currently third in La Liga’s charts also trailing city rivals Atletico Madrid.
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