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They’re all winners, but what makes 4 of them different is how they win. HERE IS WHY MOURINHO IS THE PUREST FOOTBALL GENIUS AND THE ONLY BUILDER AMONG THEM. When a coach takes over a club, I look at their past 3 seasons, but I pay closer attention to the final 2. That gives me a clear picture of the club's state before they arrived. This is why I don’t rate Pep. Every team he has coached was already dominating their league and Europe before he walked in. At Barca, they won the UCL a season before he arrived. At Bayern, they were the best team in Europe, he actually dismantled that squad and they never reached that level again until he left. He failed there. At Man City, they won 3 league titles in 5 years, finished 2nd and 4th, and reached a UCL semifinal right before he arrived. When Pep got there, he won 3 titles in his first 5 years but couldn't get past the UCL quarterfinals in that same span. Mourinho is completely different. He consistently overperformed and elevated every club above the standard he met. That’s why he won trophies at clubs that hadn't tasted success in 17, 20, 45, and 50 years. Let’s start with Porto. Mourinho arrived at a team that had gone 2 seasons without a league trophy. They had qualified for the UEL instead of the UCL because they finished 5th (their first time out of the top spots in a decade). Mourinho started rebuilding, and Porto won the UEL in his first full season, followed by the UCL the next year, ending a 17 year wait for the club. No manager in football history has ever done that. To put it in context, it’s like Aston Villa winning the UCL this season. Then he moved to Chelsea. He walked into a club undergoing a massive structural transformation in a league dominated by Man Utd and Arsenal. Chelsea went trophyless the season before his arrival, though they did finish 2nd behind Arsenal's Invincibles. In his very first season, Mourinho won the EPL in style, Chelsea's first league title in 50 years, while setting records for the fewest goals conceded and 25 clean sheets in a single season (both records still stand today). He followed that up by winning the EPL back to back. At Inter, the club had domestic dominance but persistent European underachievements. In the 2 seasons before Mourinho arrived, they were knocked out in the Round of 16 back to back by Valencia and Liverpool. In Mourinho's first season, they were eliminated by Man Utd in the Round of 16. The very next season? He won the UCL, ending a 45 year wait for the club. At Real Madrid, Mourinho arrived when the club couldn’t get past the Round of 16 for 7 straight years, even after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Benzema. Mourinho stepped in and immediately led them to 3 consecutive UCL semifinals. He shattered Pep’s Barca dominance by winning La Liga with a record 100 points and a record 121 goals, alongside a Copa del Rey, their first in 20 years. When he came back to Chelsea, he set records by staying top of the table from day one to the last day to win another EPL. At Man Utd, who had qualified for the UEL before he arrived, he won the UEL (something Ferguson failed to do in 4 attempts), added 2 more trophies, and became their most successful manager of the post-Ferguson era. At Spurs, he kept them at the top of the table for 4 months, their longest run in 10 years. And at Roma, he won their first ever European trophy with a negative net spend (they qualified for the UECL before he arrived), then took them to the UEL final the next season. Xavi’s La Liga-winning Barca and Arteta’s Arsenal, both with much bigger spending budgets, played in that same UEL edition and couldn’t even reach the final but Mourinho did with Roma. JOSE MOURINHO IS THE GREATEST COACH TO EVER GRACE A FOOTBALL PITCH.

Yamal and many other players have had more minutes this season than Mbappé when you consider international appearances. Mbappé needs rest, but so do many other players.

Why is it that every team Alonso manages suffers so many injuries? Could it be down to his training methods?

Courtois would have saved that goal Raphinha scored for Barça against Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has played 6 out of the top 10 La Liga teams in the standings this season, with all of the top 4 matches being away games. In contrast, Barcelona has only played 3 of the top 10 teams, 1 away game and 2 at home. There is no way Real Madrid won't win La Liga this year if the referees remain neutral.

FUN FACTS: This season, Mourinho’s Real Madrid has faced all top 6 teams in the La Liga table, as well as 6 out of the top 10, with all matches against the top 5 being away games. This La Liga title belongs to Mourinho’s Real Madrid this season, provided the referees remain neutral.

Mbappe was so close men!

In football, Brazil is to Barca what Spain is to Real Madrid.

They didn’t get the ball off you this time, You literally handed everything over to them.

Another thing you guys must have missed is that most of these Madrid players dreamed of playing under Mourinho even as kids. Jude Bellingham once said that his mum is a fan of Mourinho, and both he and his mom even asked Mourinho for a picture after that 2023/24 UCL final which Madrid won. Konate spoke about Mourinho's aura the other day before their match against Roma. It’s impossible to watch a Mourinho documentary without wondering what it actually feels like to go to war for him. When you play for someone as big as Mourinho, you're literally living the dream.

If you’re talking about injuries, Madrid missing Courtois in that Classico did more harm than all of Barca’s injured players combined. Courtois would have saved that Raphinha goal because his reflexes easily deal with low shots, unlike Lunin. Take your L in peace.

REAL MADRID HAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE TO WIN LA LIGA, AND BARCA FANS SHOULD FORGET LA LIGA THIS SEASON, ONLY IF LA LIGA REFEREES DO THEIR JOBS WELL. Barca's fake start of the season gave their fans hope that their team is unbeatable, but what they failed to see was that they never played a tough game. In league competition, the toughest game to play is going to the stadium of the top 4 teams that finished on the league table last season. Barca, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Real Betis finished in the top 4 last season. Facing any of these at their home is the toughest game you can play in La Liga. Real Madrid has visited and played all 3 at their home, and they are the only top 4 team from last season that has visited and played the remaining 3 at their home. Barca has only visited Real Betis's home among the top 4 from last season. Real Betis, until the red card, gave them their second toughest league game this season after the Real Madrid game. After the Real Madrid game, Barca will still visit Atletico and Real Madrid's home, and honestly, I don't see them getting more than 1 point in those 2 grounds. Atletico still needs to play Barca, Real Madrid, and Real Betis away, and I also don't see them getting more than 1 point from the 3 grounds. Real Betis will certainly not get any points at Barca, Real Madrid, and Atletico's grounds. I know you will say that there are still other teams or it’s too early, but frankly, any team that gets all 9 points in their stadium against the other top 4 teams and still gets 3 points from them at their grounds is at an advantage to win the league title.

Pep is just so unprofessional; he sabotaged his own player, Haaland, just so Messi could win the Ballon d'Or, that’s unsportsmanlike.

‘MOURINHO IS DINOSAUR’ MOURINHO IS OUTDATED COACH’ Look at what Mourinho’s team is achieving in the league that plays the best football.

Mourinho records against Arsenal: Wins: 12 Draws: 8 Losses: 3 Mourinho notoriously went 13 matches without a defeat against Arsenal during his first major stint with Chelsea, and this includes against the Invincibility Arsenal team and the 2006 UCL finalists Arsenal team. So, I don’t see Mourinho’s Madrid losing against Arsenal, maybe a draw because it’s an away game.

One thing I noticed that Real Madrid fans lack is self awareness. You’re not wrong with your assessment, but what you fail to see is how Barca has benefited heavily from La Liga referees this season. Barca’s opponents have received 2 or 3 red cards this season, and all these red cards came when Barca felt threatened to lose or draw a match. Barca is not as good as you guys think. Madrid has never been poor, except maybe under Alonso. The problem is that La Liga referees need an overhaul. Madrid wouldn't have lost to Atletico Madrid if not for the referee, and Barça wouldn't have won against Valencia if the referee had given Rodri his deserved red card when the match was still a draw.

Teams that dominate possession are often more prone to mistakes, however, it ultimately depends on whether their opponents possess the quality to punish them.