The 12/13 season was Mourinho's third season in charge of Real Madrid, and although the first two seasons did not allow Real Madrid to win the Champions League, he led the "Galaxy" to snatch a Copa del Rey and a 100-point league title from the then indispensable "Cosmic Team" in Spain, with remarkable results. But by the 12/13 season, the league results had been suppressed by Barca, and the Champions League fell in the same place (semi-finals). Real Madrid fans have been unable to suppress their inner repression and have begun to overthrow Mourinho, who is also under great pressure.
In order to let the fans vent their dissatisfaction, Mourinho came to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in advance before the start of a home game, and let the fans at the scene spray themselves and vent casually. Mourinho said at that pre-match press conference: "I will arrive at the stadium before the game and ask the fans to express their anger at me, but after the game starts, I must support the team. "This is probably the most unique thing about Mourinho, always focusing on the contradictions and firepower on himself, so what really happened to the Real Madrid dressing room that season?
After a season of running-in, the "Mu-style counterattack" swept through the entire La Liga, losing only 2 of the 38 league games of the whole season, scoring a record 121 goals and scoring 100 points. But since then, irreconcilable contradictions have also begun to appear in the dressing room.
Counter-attack tactics were thoroughly studied and players began to question them
If the team's performance is all the way through the thorns and wins, even if the players have criticism of the tactics, they must press and press, otherwise it is a blatant challenge to the authority of the club and the coach, which is an immature performance. However, once the results fluctuate, fluctuate, and fail to reach the set goals, there will be discordant sounds in the dressing room, which is also a natural law. Mourinho led Real Madrid to a 100-point victory, breaking Barca's domination of La Liga and bringing harmony up and down the club. In the 12/13 season, Real Madrid's counter-attack tactics encountered bottlenecks, which were also thoroughly studied by other teams, and real Madrid's midfield promotion speed was obviously not as fast as before, and the ability to strangle was not as good as before.
Although Barca were suppressed in the league and the Copa del Rey, according to Real Madrid's squad and strength at the time, even if they lost three or four main players, they should not regularly drop the chain and lose to some middle and lower teams. But losses to teams such as Granada, Getafe, Betis and Malaga, draws with Espanyol and bottom-ranked Osasuna should not have happened, and too many points lost on the mid-range and lower-tier teams became the most important factor in losing the league title.
Players also began to question Mourinho's tactics, Mourinho asked for full participation in the defense, when Cristiano, as the biggest star in the team, rarely participated in defense, even if the defense was symbolic, which made Mourinho very angry. Mourinho believes that no player has a privilege in front of his own tactical board, even if you are Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo. This has alienated Mourinho from some players, and the team's performance has begun to rise and fall.
Mourinho created the derby atmosphere, but the players were not cold
When Mourinho was coaching Tottenham, he told the Spurs players in his first training session: "I used to watch you play too gently, you can't do this, you have to fight like a bastard, to win". It can be seen that Mourinho requires players to play with desire and anger in the usual game, and in the "National Derby", he asks players to treat each other as enemies.
However, some Spanish players in the team do not think so, and they, like most fans, believe that Real Madrid wears the title of "royal" and must play like a nobleman and win. And Mourinho is not an aristocrat, but a generation of tyrants, to win at all costs. It is for this reason that when Mourinho asked the players to unanimously oppose Barca, he was resented by some players, and the shake of hands between the players after the game was also criticized by Mourinho.
After all, the likes of Casillas, Alonso and Ramos also won the World Cup and the European Cup alongside Xavi, Iniesta and others. At first, the players were still in public to help Mourinho, but later, even his own players felt that some of Mourinho's practices against Barca were a bit excessive, and Mourinho lamented that his group of people was different from the previous Chelsea and Inter teams, and he could not ask them to fight others like himself, which would only make him lose the support of his players.
Mourinho was at odds with the factional leaders and the dressing room broke up
After all, Real Madrid is a big club, and there are many factions in the dressing room. Mourinho's feud with the factional leaders was also the main reason for the decline in performance. Because the conversation and tactical arrangements in the locker room were always exposed in advance, Mourinho blamed Cassie's journalist girlfriend, who was replaced by Lopez, and Mourinho offended the Spanish gang boss Casillas. In fact, suppressing Castellas is also Florentino's intention, he does not want the team to appear in the ball, and Ramos went to Mourinho because of the problem of penalty rights.
Because of tactical problems, Mourinho was exposed to a quarrel with portuguese-speaking tycoon C Ronaldo in the dressing room, although C Ronaldo could not shake Ferguson's position in Manchester United, but in the real Madrid dressing room, C Ronaldo and Mourinho were more important, it was obvious. In addition, Ronaldo's "little brother" Pepe also resented his position being replaced by Varane. Although Benzema's status in the team was not high at that time, Mourinho's "cat and dog theory" kept Benzema in an awkward situation, and It was difficult for Benzema to support Mourinho as a representative of the international faction.
Later, Ronaldo, Cassie and Ramos also had a formal showdown with Florentino, and if Mourinho did not leave, they would leave. When several big men in the team forced the palace, Florentino, although he had a good relationship with Mourinho, could not do anything. In the end, Mourinho did not let Real Madrid fire, nor did he resign, but left Real Madrid after fulfilling his contract.
Mourinho is a coach who dares to face the problem head-on, can be tough with the media, and can also joke. If he coaxes the stars to play like an old man, then he is not Mourinho, and if he needs to dodge with difficulties, then Mourinho will not have so many fans around the world who like him.
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