SUMMARY
- Jose Mourinho was recently sacked after a disappointing game for AS Roma.
- Mourinho addressed the El Classico in a recent podcast.
Former player and manager of professional soccer from Portugal, Jose Mourinho most recently served as the head coach of the Serie A team in Italy. He has won numerous championships in his managerial career and is regarded as one of the sport’s most intelligent people. After a string of disappointing games, AS Roma, the Italian team fired him.
Jose is currently jobless and utilizing his time to begin his next project. He was recently asked about the El Classico rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona when he appeared on the FIVEUK podcast, which is hosted by soccer player Rio Ferdinand.
Jose Mourinho on El Clasicos during his time at Real Madrid: “We had the best Cristiano Ronaldo, best Lionel Messi etc- Barca were the best team in the world & Real Madrid tried to change that. In 1 season, we had 6 El Clasicos. The world stopped for Barca-Real games. That era was beautiful.”
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Jose said, “We had the best Cristiano Ronaldo, best Lionel Messi etc- Barca were the best team in the world & Real Madrid tried to change that. In 1 season, we had 6 El Clasicos. The world stopped for Barca-Real games. That era was beautiful.”
In Europe, the Giallorossi have been successful under Mourinho’s direction. In addition to bringing the team to the UEFA Europa League finals the previous season, he also led the team to victory in the UEFA Conference League in 2022. It eventually turned out differently than either party had anticipated.
It remains to be seen what happens next in Jose’s career as he has not been rushing into choosing his next project as manager. He has reportedly turned down every employment offer that was made to him and is now taking pleasure in his time off from soccer.
Jose Mourinho shares his views on the intensity of El Classico games during his time at Real Madrid
Jose Mourinho, the former manager of Real Madrid, has shared candidly about his experiences coaching in the fiercest rivalry of his career: El Clasico. Mourinho discussed his thoughts on the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. He said, “These three years in Real Madrid were years of an enormous rivalry with Barcelona.”
Throwback: Celebrations after Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final in 2011. pic.twitter.com/qNtaPsLTDT
— Managing Madrid (@managingmadrid) February 17, 2024
El Clasico, according to Mourinho—who was fired by Roma in the middle of the season and is currently without a club—was a “war.” It involves not just the players and coaches but also the supporters, the media, and the institutions.
Jose Mourinho shares his views on Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
When asked to select between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, Jose Mourinho strongly favored the star from Portugal. The former AS Roma manager answered this ageless question as soon as it was put to him in 2012 by the Lisbon-based daily A Bola.
🇵🇹 José Mourinho on Cristiano Ronaldo: “For Cristiano Ronaldo, you don’t coach him. You don’t need to give him ambition, you don’t give him motivation.
You cannot give him technical advice, all you have to do is give some tactical adjustment and make him happy.” pic.twitter.com/wzFyPa6LfH
— RD⚡ (@rbull04) February 16, 2024
Jose said, “I keep saying it’s harder to be Cristiano than Lionel Messi. I’ll tell you: Messi grew up in the team he plays for now; with the teammates, he plays with now. Not Cristiano. He was in England, then they put him here [Real Madrid] in a losing team. He had to grow over the last two years with this team which has been forming.”
The former manager of Real Madrid lavished praise on Ronaldo throughout his time there, stating that the Portuguese star had turned the team into a winning one. He claimed that Messi found it more difficult to adjust to a new system because he was used to playing with elite players.