The Capital club managed to usurp http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 from their dominant position in Spanish top flight football with the Portuguese manager showing his ‘special’ flavours.
In the two years Jose Mourinho has been in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu distinct changes can be observed. Not only do the players in white jersey work extra hard, they have developed an uncanny reliability in grinding out results with attacking football.
Resilience of Los Blancos was on show as they improved over the course of the season, taking note from their defeats against Pep Guardiola’s charges in the Spanish Super Cup, the Copa del Rey and El Clasico defeat in early December.
Result of their hard work in all of their meetings bore fruit at the Camp Nou on April 21, as they managed to beat their arch rivals at their home ground for the first time in four years.
Despite the heartache of going out on penalties against Bayern Munich, La Liga title followed next for Jose Mourinho and his Galacticos, bringing an end to their wait for 32nd Primera Division honours.
As a consequence, the Special One was given an improvement on his existing terms which he gladly took to renew his contract at Real Madrid for another four seasons.
The Portuguese now has another four years to continue his ambitious project in the Spanish capital, with most of the hard work already completed.
The foundations were laid during his first year, and the second year saw the building being constructed. Even an expert in bricks and mortar like Florentino Perez stayed out of Mourinho’s plans, allowing the manager to build the roster to his liking.
Mourinho’s major overhaul included more influence in the boardroom that allowed him to dictate transfer policies on the same lines Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson has managed to do so at Old Trafford with Manchester United.
With the players of his liking and a competent backroom staff, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 manager had the world at his feet in the biggest football club across the globe.
Change in policy meant that Mourinho had complete control over the club’s affairs, most important of which was media handling. La Liga media ban saw the 49-year-old flavour the world’s news channels with his charisma in the Champions League to remove distractions
from his work.
However, it has been the overhauling of the squad that has been influential in attaining the desired success. While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 were allowed to take their place. Alongside the duo, Real Madrid youth
academy graduate, Jose Callejon, was given a route back to the Santiago Bernabeu with a chance to take the place amongst his idols.
Mourinho won the Copa del Rey in his first season and lifted the Primera Division trophy in his second, but the test of his character starts now. The two-time UEFA Champions League winner needs to deliver the European trophy to cement his place in the record
books, otherwise his other records mean nothing.
The fact of the matter is not lost on the witty trainer who has acquired his players with hindsight at the future of the club. Real Madrid have managed two back to back Champions League semi-final places and need to go the distance soon enough to land the
elusive 10th title.
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