Mourinho’s first journey within the Spanish capital was a hit in quite a lot of methods: he reworked Actual Madrid again right into a fiercely aggressive outfit that not solely went toe to toe with Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Barcelona, however toppled them, overseeing a Copa del Rey last win over their arch rivals in his debut season earlier than delivering the Liga crown in 2011-12 with a document haul of 100 factors.
Nevertheless, he did not take Actual to a Champions League last, and so they had little alternative however to let Mourinho go after a massively disappointing, trophy-less marketing campaign in 2012-13, throughout which he seemingly misplaced the dressing room over his therapy of Iker Casillas.
The legendary goalkeeper, who amassed 752 appearances in 25 years on the Bernabeu, was relegated to the bench amid reviews that Mourinho was angered by his relationship with fellow Spain internationals at Barcelona. “The connection Jose and I had was very chilly,” Casillas says within the documentary. “In these years, I actually assume it was taken to a restrict the place, in the long run, the rope broke.”
Ex-Actual midfielder Sami Khedira went on to say that the rift served to show the squad’s largest stars in opposition to Mourinho, including: “The locker room was a nightmare, truthfully. After that, the connection between Jose and lots of, many gamers was damaged – like Cristiano [Ronaldo] and the Spanish guys, Casillas, Sergio Ramos. And people gamers had been tremendous, tremendous necessary for the ambiance”
Mourinho, although, has no regrets over how he dealt with the state of affairs, and feels that Casillas’ perspective spoke volumes concerning the sense of entitlement operating by way of the group. “The primary thrice that I spoke to Casillas, the captain, the very first thing he instructed me was, ‘I wish to ask for extra holidays for the nationwide group gamers’,” he stated. “The second time he spoke to me was, ‘I want to ask you to place the coaching classes one hour later as a result of on the time you need the coaching classes, there’s quite a lot of site visitors in Madrid’. The third time he comes to talk with me was, ‘We do not wish to go to [the] lodge. We want simply to fulfill on matchday and go direct to the stadium to play’. And in a brief time period, I realised they’re spoilt.”
Quizzed on Casillas’ fraternizing with Barcelona gamers, Mourinho replied in sometimes blunt trend: “There are issues that I do not settle for and I’ll by no means settle for and when anyone does not respect me, it is an issue. I say, that is Barcelona, Actual Madrid. While you go to the nationwide group, then you possibly can kiss the man, however not now. That is battle.”
