Mourinho under fire after the derby: “the old Mourinho is back” | OneFootball

The journalist questioned the Real Madrid coach for focusing his statements on the refereeing

Real Madrid’s defeat to Atlético de Madrid at the Metropolitano not only had consequences on the pitch. After the match, José Mourinho once again took center stage in a press conference marked by his criticism of the refereeing, a stance that sparked a strong reaction from Paco González.

The Portuguese coach had kept a relatively low profile since his return to the Real Madrid dugout, but the team’s second defeat in just seven LaLiga matchdays changed the tone.

The performance of Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias was one of the main arguments used by Mourinho after the match, especially because of the decisions he felt had harmed his team.

Paco González points to Mourinho’s change

During the derby analysis on COPE’s Tiempo de Juego, Paco González acknowledged that some of the refereeing decisions could be debated, but questioned Mourinho for focusing much of his post-match remarks on that issue.

“Mourinho has reappeared, I don’t know how many years later. The defeat is the referee’s fault,” the journalist said.

González felt that the Portuguese coach had gone back to a pattern he had already shown during his first spell at Real Madrid.

“He is right about the possible cards in the first half, but he said that everything about the appointment of Ortiz Arias was strange,” he explained.

“Real Madrid needed a modern coach”

The strongest criticism came later, when González questioned the way Mourinho is approaching this new spell in the Real Madrid dugout.

“I don’t know if they’ve hired a scriptwriter for Real Madrid Television,” the journalist said ironically, referring to the prominence refereeing took in the post-match narrative.

And he followed it with an even more direct line:

“Real Madrid needed a modern coach and it has brought back the coach from 15 years ago.”

For González, the problem is that the post-derby debate could end up overshadowing the football analysis of a team that suffered a heavy defeat against its city rival.

“There will be little talk about football,” he concluded.

Mourinho is back at the center of the debate

The derby against Atlético thus represents a turning point at the start of Mourinho’s second spell at Real Madrid.

The Portuguese coach now has two defeats in the first seven LaLiga matchdays, while the team continues to search for a more solid identity under his leadership.

Refereeing controversies will continue to be part of the conversation after the match, but Mourinho’s statements and the reaction they sparked also open up another debate: which version of the Portuguese coach this Real Madrid wants to show, and to what extent his style from years ago fits the current project.

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