Oct 22 2011
How long will Jose Mourinho last?
FC Barcelona made an impressive season last year with the Spanish League, UEFA Champions League, Spanish Supercup and European Supercup to their name. The only titles they left on the table was the Copa del Rey, won by Real Madrid but that was small consolation for high expectations under Jose Mourinho, the debatable Portuguese coach.
The contrast between Mourinho and Barcelona’s own coach, Pep Guardiola, could hardly be greater. While Guardiola is sometimes subdued and not too much used to excuse himself or his team, Mourinho is quite the opposite, famous for forcibly playing mind games ahead of important matches and blaming everybody from opposition players to linesmen and referees.
While the rivalry between the two clubs is legendary, there are a few things vicious about the way in which the games have played out since Jose Mourinho; Real Madrid plays hard and their players have been psyched up prior to matches and aggressive as a consequence.
This is the real basis of the confrontations between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona; Jose Mourinho is not exactly in control of himself and his players are consistently on the verge of losing control. In latest matches at least 2 clasicos have climaxed in fights, including the Spanish Supercup when Mourinho himself might be seen to press his finger into the iris of Guardiola’s helper, Tito Vilanova.
Quite how long Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Perez, will tolerate Mourinho’s histrionics is unknown; the club has a record of dispatching even successful coaches. If Mourinho can target his task in hand, which is to win the Spanish League title, if not Champs League, then his escapades and eccentricities might be endured.
Nonetheless if he continues to focus his energies on FC Barcelona while losing points toward other teams and continuing to sully Madrid’s reputation on the world stage then Perez could look to replace him mid-season; it would not be the first time. But Mourinho is doing his very own reputation no good, and he may find it complicated to discover a job in his preferred league – the English Premier League.
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