A coach at the highest level for more than two decades, José Mourinho is a man experienced in press conferences and communication techniques. This Saturday, the Portuguese coach was at a press conference, on the eve of Barça-Real Madrid. The Merengue coach indicated that he had not planned any particular strategy regarding Lamine Yamal. Everyone is free to believe it or not.
Faced with journalists who questioned him to try to find out what the plan was to face the leader of La Liga, José Mourinho assured that he would not change his usual methods, simply because Lamine Yamal was in the team opposite.
“Lamine Yamal is a great player and I respect him. But respecting a player is one thing, changing his plans or his organization is another. It would be ignoring our own identity and it’s something we won’t do against him, any more than against another very high quality opponent that we face during this match or any other. »
José Mourinho for a surprise?
The words are spoken. It now remains to be seen what Real Madrid will propose as a system against FC Barcelona who are currently at the top of the La Liga standings. And in addition to being first with five points ahead of Atlético de Madrid (2nd), the Blaugrana even have six points more than Real Madrid, currently third after nine days.
If Barça has scored nine wins in nine La Liga matches since the start of the season, Madrid has a small hope of succeeding in stopping this series, especially after the Catalan setback last Tuesday against PSG in the Champions League (4-2). Not sure that the Merengue have as many arguments as Paris to be able to stand up to Barcelona, but everything remains possible in a Clasico. And José Mourinho will perhaps have a little surprise to pull out of his hat.
