To people who think Real Madrid squad has revolted against Jose Mourinho, Xabi Alonso has said that such a situation does not even exist. Alonso has basically laughed off suggestions indicating to a revolt against Jose Mourinho. Quite honestly, I did not believe this for one second the first time I read this.
This revolt of players thing just does not happen with Mourinho in charge. He has never had player problems in his past. Any particular player who does not like him usually ends up leaving the club. Mourinho has coached the likes of Chelsea and Porto along with Inter Milan. He built some great squads with these teams and never had squad revolt against him, hell he has not come even close to that.
One of the greatest strengths of Jose Mourinho always has been his skill in communicating with people and his organization. He knows these players a bit too well to know what upsets them and what does not. Not to say Mourinho tries to make everyone happy, but he knows how to keep everyone on their toes especially when it comes to getting regular first team football.
Infact, I think this whole revolt thing is just a reaction of the media against Real Madrid after Real Madrid posted bad results in the last 2 games, where we lost once to Levante away from home 1-0, which was quite a shock and even Levante’s director said that, this was the greatest moment in Levante’s history and the other was a draw against another small team of which I can’t remember the name.
Real Madrid were odds on favorites to win these and not only win these, Real Madrid were expected to win these two matches by mauling the opposition with wave after wave of high intensity attacking football. Don’t know what happened but Real Madrid just could not produce well on these two nights. I am not going to mention the role of the referee at all in our two less than ideal results just a couple of weeks back.
Real Madrid did bounce back though with convincing wins over newly promoted side Rayo and in the Champions League against Ajax. Everything seems to be on track now, the exception being that we are lagging behind Barcelona (again) by single point, we need to be at least 5 points ahead of them so that Clasico results does not affect the outcome of La Liga come the end of the season.
Anyway, coming back to the revolt things. The press made huge meal out of what Mourinho said about Khedira in the post match presser after the match against Levante in which Mourinho (rightly) accused Khedira of behaving in an unprofessional way. I think Mourinho was right partially. Khedira should not have confronted the other player and hence get a sending off. The worst part was that he got the sending off in the first half which really made the match a lot more difficult than it should have been.
Alonso looked extremely cool and calm about this whole news. He has rightly said that this news is another one of the many news these days about which one can only laugh about. He said there is perfect harmony within the squad and with the coach. Claims like these will not have an affect on Real Madrid or on Real Madrid players, this was the message Alonso appeared to be wanting to give out.
Responding to Xavi’s comments about Real Madrid and Barcelona being different, Alonso said that both styles have their benefits. Real Madrid with their direct styles and Barcelona with the passing team play style, both can hurt teams bad and hence can get the results that they are after.
Alonso also said that they can learn a lot from Barcelona in how to pass the ball and move it in order to create space in the middle of the park. Alonso called for a bit more balance in the current Real Madrid strategy. He kind of gave me the impression that he does not feel too attached to this direct style of play Mourinho is employing with Real Madrid. He said he wanted to see more control in Real Madrid’s game play just like Barcelona.
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