[littlechris]

HAS MOURINHO FAILED REAL MADRID SO FAR?
Much is expected of Jose Mourinho from the Madrid fatefuls when he was announced officially last summer as the team coach.
Last summer Jose Mourinho took the helm of affair at the Santiago Bernabau stadium after guiding Inter Milan FC of Italy to a historic treble. But same cannot be said of the former Chelsea boss this season after falling behind to Barcelona FC in the La Liga table and suffered an embarrassing 5-0 defeat in the hand of their arch rival the Catalonian at the Nou camp and losing the champions’ league semi-final berth to the same team.
Even as the Galaticos won the Copa de Laray under the tutelage of the special one for the first time in 18 years, the style and tactical approach of the Portuguese did not meet the attractive football that the Madrid fans have been craving for. When you have players that is full of flair like Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Segio Ramos, Mesut ozeil to mention but few I think it’s only normal for fans to look forward to a good display of soccer artistry from your team.
Apart from the reasons mentioned above, Mourinho is well known for causing controversies and having row with referees and other officials, and that attitude has not changed since moving to Madrid. This has made UEFA sanctioned him at least on two occasion this season, he was sanction for deliberately instructing two of his players Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso to act dirty in order to receive the matching order from the referee, for them to enter the last sixteen without any record of booking. Lastly during the semi-final first leg at the Santiago Bernabau he was sent to the stand for mocking officials after Pepe was sent off controversially for reckless tackle on Sergio Bousquet of Barcelona which eventually open up more space for the Pep Guardiola men to operate. The advantage gave Lionel Messi the chance to score double in the last 10 minutes of the match.

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Chris Okunnuwa.

[Jack Bauer]

Spanish cup in Spain is as important as coppa in Italy. There's a reason why Madrid haven't won it for so long - they usually play there with weak line ups. This time it was important because a chance to beat Barca in the final. But it's still just a consolation trophy.
Overall, it's definitely not a successful season for them since the main goal was to stop Barca's hegemony in the league and win the CL.
But Madrid fans can be optimistic, Mou's second season usually better than the first.

[han2503]

Spanish cup in Spain is as important as coppa in Italy. There's a reason why Madrid haven't won it for so long - they usually play there with weak line ups. This time it was important because a chance to beat Barca in the final. But it's still just a consolation trophy.
Overall, it's definitely not a successful season for them since the main goal was to stop Barca's hegemony in the league and win the CL.
But Madrid fans can be optimistic, Mou's second season usually better than the first.

Yep, that's why they shoved the thing under the bus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)