{"id":70389,"date":"2026-08-14T08:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70389\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:19:47","slug":"brahim-diaz-im-very-happy-under-mourinho-after-real-madrid-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70389\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahim Diaz: \u2018I\u2019m Very Happy\u2019 Under Mourinho After Real Madrid Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casablanca -Morocco\u2019s international Brahim Diaz <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/08\/333388\/brahim-diaz-embraces-jose-mourinho-era-vows-to-help-real-madrid-win-titles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">believes<\/a> Real Madrid is heading in the right direction after scoring the decisive goal in the Spanish giants\u2019 1-0 pre-season victory over Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a in the Teresa Herrera Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old found the net just before halftime at Riazor, securing Madrid\u2019s second win of the summer as Jos\u00e9 Mourinho\u2019s side continues preparations for the 2026-27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Diaz said that the result was less important than the work being done ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good match, but it\u2019s still a pre-season game,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cWe played away at Deportivo, and it was an important test to continue improving our physical condition and keep working hard. I\u2019m happy, and I think it\u2019s going to be a very good year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan also highlighted the positive atmosphere within the squad under Mourinho, expressing confidence about both his own form and the direction the team is taking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very good. I\u2019m working better than ever, and I\u2019m very happy with Mourinho, the coaching staff, and my teammates. This is Real Madrid, and we want to keep making history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz\u2019s goal came in a Madrid side that featured several summer signings. At the same time, key players including Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Marc Cucurella, Yan Diomande, and Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 remained in Madrid to continue individual training.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Mourinho commended his team\u2019s discipline in what he described as a demanding test against newly promoted Deportivo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a serious game against a team that\u2019s back in La Liga,\u201d Mourinho said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the kinds of matches we\u2019ll have during the season, difficult away games where you may only win 1-0. The team is growing step by step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz also revealed one of the tactical adjustments Mourinho asked him to make during the game.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about operating from the right flank, the Moroccan laughed before replying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll have to ask him,\u201d he joked. \u201cToday he wanted me to move inside more and help in building the attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid will conclude their pre-season preparations against Schalke before opening their LaLiga campaign away to Espanyol later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casablanca -Morocco\u2019s international Brahim Diaz believes Real Madrid is heading in the right direction after scoring the decisive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[737,4297,82,83],"class_list":["post-70389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-brahim-diaz","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}