Real Madrid\u2019s 4-0 win over M\u00e1laga continued their strong start under Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, but the discussion on Cadena SER\u2019s Carrusel Deportivo centered less on the result and more on the change in attitude since the Portuguese coach arrived.<\/p>\n
Antonio Romero pointed to Jude Bellingham as one of the biggest beneficiaries.<\/p>\n
\u201cMourinho has moved him closer to the box and the team is more balanced. One of the benefits of the team being more collective is that Bellingham plays closer to the box, makes more runs into it, presses more and, therefore, is more positive for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jes\u00fas Gallego believes the biggest change has been collective commitment.<\/p>\n
\u201cMourinho has managed to create a different overall attitude in the team. There is a level of commitment that wasn\u2019t there last year. Mourinho has come here to bring order to the dressing room and that order is now in place. At Madrid you have to work. No matter who you are, you have to defend, apply yourself and be selfless for the rest of the team. That has been achieved very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bruno Alemany highlighted Mourinho\u2019s authority as a fundamental difference compared to Xabi Alonso and \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a very big difference. I value what Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa did, but it is obvious that they don\u2019t have Mourinho\u2019s authority. He has seen it all, he has even won European Cups with Porto. He has nothing to lose if he is seen having a confrontation with Vinicius during a game because his career is already made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Romero also pointed to Madrid\u2019s increased squad depth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, whoever falls asleep is out. There is also competition that wasn\u2019t there before. Huijsen, who clearly went from more to less, had to start throughout the entire season because there was nobody else. This year, if you fall asleep…\u201d<\/p>\n
Alemany believes managing the workload of Madrid\u2019s veterans could also become important as the season progresses.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very important, and the same will happen at Bar\u00e7a with Rodri, to know how they will give Bernardo Silva rest. These are players who are no longer capable of starting 55 games. How they distribute the rest for those players could be very important. I wouldn\u2019t rule out Valverde and Tchouam\u00e9ni forming the double pivot in some games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid\u2019s 4-0 win over M\u00e1laga continued their strong start under Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, but the discussion on Cadena…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[82,3462,1835],"class_list":["post-78547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid-cf-coach","tag-real-madrid-cf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78547","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=78547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}