A guest from Hollywood, Viggo Mortensen, has voiced his opinion regarding the current situation of Spanish football.
The experienced actor, known for his role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was quite critical of Real Madrid head coach, Jose Mourinho. According to Mortensen, the Portuguese tactician is ill-mannered and plays his squad too defensively.
Mortensen went on to claim that Mourinho messes around with Barcelona’s Tito Vilanova because the later is a thorough gentleman. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Simeone, since he knows he will
get a similar treatment in return.
He went as far as stating that the 49-year-old does not have the balls to confront Simeone. In addition to this, he also emphasized that the veteran tactician did not issue a proper apology towards Vilanova in the aftermath of the ‘eye-poking’ incident.
The Special One has been known for his outspoken antics as a football coach. Interestingly, not all of the attention that the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan head coach attracts is positive and he is found in the thick of things on many occasions as Mortensen reflects
on Spanish top flight football.
Mortensen continued the discussion by elaborating that he does not know Mourinho personally, however, he did voice his criticism towards the defensive tactics adopted by the Portuguese national.
"I imagine 'señor' Mourinho wouldn't have the balls to get in 'Cholo' Simeone's face, because he'd get a good kicking if he did. Why does Mourinho mess with a well-mannered man like Tito Vilanova and not Simeone?… No prizes for guessing. He's learnt his
lesson mind, although he still hasn't apologised like a real gentleman would,” the American actor told reporters.
"I don't know Mourinho in person and I might be wrong being so outspoken about him. I don't hate him as a person, what I can't stand is his defensive strategy when he has some of the best attackers in the world at his disposal,” he added.
Viggo Mortensen was visiting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 to involve himself in the promotion of his latest film ‘Everybody Has a Plan'.
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