{"id":708,"date":"2026-10-24T10:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/its-unfair-to-compare-us-to-barca-real-madrids-mourinho\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T10:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:55:56","slug":"its-unfair-to-compare-us-to-barca-real-madrids-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/its-unfair-to-compare-us-to-barca-real-madrids-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s unfair to compare us to Barca \u2013 Real Madrid\u2019s Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"It\u2019s<\/p>\n

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said it was unfair to compare his side to Spanish champions Barcelona ahead of Sunday\u2019s La Liga Clasico.<\/p>\n

Hansi Flick\u2019s Barca have won back-to-back La Liga titles and lead the top flight, in which they are unbeaten, while Mourinho arrived this summer after Madrid went two seasons without a major trophy.<\/p>\n

The panorama has changed slightly, after Barca suffered their first defeat of the season at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, while Madrid have won their last four matches.<\/p>\n

Madrid are third in La Liga, trailing Barca by six points before Sunday\u2019s meeting at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the people that thought a week ago Barca would thrash us will keep thinking the same thing,\u201d Mourinho told reporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think just for the Paris game, or Madrid\u2019s (4-1 win against) Leipzig, they will change their way of thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mourinho highlighted that he has only been at the helm a few months, in comparison to Flick, who arrived at Barca in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople look at us like a finished product, but finished products in football are difficult because they are never finished\u2026 but they look at us like we\u2019re in an advanced phase of the process,\u201d continued Mourinho.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working for three months, out of that you can take pre-season when the players were arriving (back from the World Cup), and the recent international break, then we\u2019ve been together a month-and-a-half, two months\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the start of a product, we\u2019re in an initial phase where the coach is learning, analysing, bit by bit defining paths, the players are learning about the coach\u2026 comparing a team in this state (to more established sides), I think is unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mourinho said form did not matter when it comes to the Clasico.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been in a good dynamic, winning games, playing well, scoring goals, but in the Clasico it doesn\u2019t matter what you did before, it has no influence,\u201d said Mourinho.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Clasico is unique, normally the football world stops to watch it. Hopefully it\u2019s a great game. And we win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mourinho said he would not change his plans to try and stop Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Spain international is in sublime form and hopes to win the Ballon d\u2019Or award on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great player and great players you respect,\u201d added Mourinho.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing is respecting, another thing is to change plans, structures, forgetting your own essence. That we will not do, neither for him or any other player of great quality we face.\u201d<\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n

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