@@FootballIconic Amazing Video My Man! Liked and Subbed! Would love for you to make a video on arguably the best football team of all time....2009 Barca.
Honestly, as a neutral spectator, that period was extremely crazy and enjoyable to watch, but some locals maybe saw it as too much because of political problems Spain still has today with Catalonia.
It's happened before this and it'll happen again. It's like The two Milan teams or Liverpool vs United. The fanbases are so damn toxic against each other especially when one of them happens to be the best in the world at the time and the other is struggling. The greatest 3 fixtures in World football.
When Mourinho arrived in 2010-11, Real Madrid had been knocked out of the round of 16 of the Champions League for the last SIX years. Even though they didn't win it, the 3 consecutive Champions League semi-finals that Real Madrid reached under Mourinho re-established them as serious Champions League contenders.
All I remember is the mind games, Red cards, and Pepe 😁😁 In all honesty, that was the peak El Classico to me, as a neutral. Mourinho's Real Madrid are the predecessor to all the future success that came after. ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
@@arciesemana2360 dont forget that in august 2013 ancelotti was shunting ozil out to the wing for 60min shifts while starting new toy isco @ #10 every game. This coupled with their desire to recoup some $$$ in the wake of buying bayol had them helping nudge ozil out the door. LITTLE KNOWN FACT: CR7 referred to ozil as "the sorcerer's apprentice" -- make of that what you will.
@@r3zaful and then suddenly they bought James Rodriguez next season. What a philosophical change! The thing is, Ancelloti never liked his play and he himself admitted it.
Mourinho basically laid the foundation for Zidane’s Madrid. Mourinho brought in the players and brought in the warrior mentality. And Zidane brought the European glory that Madrid had been searching for
You can not be the coach of Real Madrid and cry about referees and favoritism. No excuses if you loose is because the other team was best. Also, in the Bernabeu it not only matters winning but how you win.
Mourinho was right about Barca in that era. Fantastic team, but I think we're lying to ourselves if say there weren't very sketchy calls given to them in the UCL for a few a seasons in that era.
@@Permuh Repeat a lie 100 times and it will become true I don't say they didn't have some arbitral benefits, here and there, but referees get things wrong both ways, saying they didn't receive some unfair decisions is bullsh*t. Only thing is Madrd has louder speakers
@@Permuh refedrid won 2 UCL bcuz of referee ,2016/17 , 2017/18 , their is a saying that people always sees bad in others but they never sees bad in themselves and it suits perfectly to a hypocrite like you..
@@polopuik9198 Yes, you are right, mistakes happened at both ends of the field, in favor of Barcelona and against Barcelona. But we are talking about certain moments which were not mistakes at all, we are talking about clear favoritism shown by officials in certain matches, especially in the quarterfinals and the semifinals. Also, "Repeat a lie 100 times and it will become true" doesn't really apply in the 21 century when you have video proof, video proof that is readily available to anyone. But UEFA favoring a team in the UCL is not a new thing, it has happened since 1970's and it will probably happen until 2050's or more.
@@bogdancr4292 Humans are more lazy than what you think, if it's comfortable for them to belive uefalona is a thing, but then someone shows him proofs showing they are wrong, many will not click the link. Really say that there's favoritism for a club is really dumb, I am from Barça and I won't be saying Madrid has favoritism even though they won a champion scoring at the last minute offside, or with bayern 2017 with casemiro not having a red card and scoring offside again. If you reaaly think there were sketchy moments with Barça, show the clips, and I'll watch them
This was the era that brought me to football. I was a kid 10-11 years, all I heard from seniors was Barca, Messi, Barca and Messi, their treble. And the 5-0 humiliation. Every kid in my class was about Barca (Im from Moscow). And then I watched Real Madrid. And fell in love. They were loosers in recent years and I really have a soft spot for these teams. For the same reason I prefer Spurs over other PL teams. But Real Madrid were losers that won. A year and they're champions of Spains. A couple years more, they're champions of Europe. And then they went on to dominate for years. Right now they're in bad shape but you know they will be back at the top.
Lol yes. I relate as well. Granero’s line at the end of the video pretty much encapsulated everything. They *were* the underdogs, but one that will put up the most aggressive fight you’ll ever see.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 if during his reign those players from Real Madrid were dirty and violent, then those Barca players that they were facing during that era were some of the best actors that could've been winning multiple Academy Awards.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 it really wasn't dirty. You're just a fan of "beautiful game" floppers and fake men that throw themselves around. That's what ruins football and the image it has.
Mourinho could have won La Decima under his watch if it wasn't for his 3 season cycle. He built the core of the squad that won the Champions League under Ancelotti. Mourinho also request signing Bale that arrived the following season he left.
I still remember "maybe Pep owns a restaurant in Oslo" LMAO Was Inter manager at the time but that's one of Mourinho's best snipes. To a Chelsea fan that was music to the ears :)
@@itsmike9227 He was referencing Barcelona's match in 2009 vs. Chelsea when they wouldn't have gotten through if Ovrebo (referee from Oslo) hadn't made several horrendous calls, when the Spanish press had the nerve to question the referee from their 2010 match vs. Inter.
Looking back at it, I suppose it wasn't their time. Perhaps Jose wasn't mean to lead them to La Decima. But Jose was certainly the most important pivot of Real Madrid upcoming success.
As a Madrid fan I remember those blistering counter attacks . I always thought that our team had such strength in depth in the attack as well as defence with Carvalho and Albiol as subs. I miss the Ramos Pepe CB duo although they made me nervous when playing Barca .
@@Ryan37627 if that's the case then it's a good thing ramos has a devastating injury and is a shell of the player he once was. There are even rumors that psg want to terminate his contract because he has contributed nothing 💁
Jose Mourinho built the base of what this Real Madrid team was for the past decade. Huge props to him. Everything he laid down from player changes to the monster mentality went on for seasons to come. Great video!
I know it’s easier said than done, but it looks like Mourinho’s sacking was due to his lack of changing along with the new signings and year. He couldn’t bring himself to change his management style and it started bringing problems Guardiola’s problem was that he micromanaged. He’s always on his players shoulders, telling them what to do and when it came down to making decisions on their own, they would collapse Complaints from Mourinho’s players: Too egotistical and brought a toxic environment Complaints from Guardiola’s players: He micromanaged too much and didn’t lead/motivate them
@@leonardomichua No. Guardiola's problem was Barca simply had too much success too early, so it was difficult for the players to get motivated for another go around. Guardiola recognized this, and in an attempt to stem the tide of lacklustre, lackadaiscal performance from players that had already won everything there was to win in club football (plus International football, for the Spanish contingent), he began tinkering with the formation excessively. This ended up hastening the demise of that team. The strange 3-4-3 formation in big La Liga games, using Alves as an auxiliary midfielder, and buying Alexis Sanchez AND Fabregas when only one was needed, are prime examples of this
Great video! The 2011-12 season was the best under him. Peak Ozil was fire and probably the best version of CR7. Still remember watching the 1-2 victory over Barca at Camp Nou and Ronaldo's Calma celebration. The only positives about 2012-13 season were that we lost to Barca only once in 6 meetings and the discovery of Varane.
@@MarkanVaran7 Ugh! How did I forget about Modric? Maybe because he had a bad debut season (12-13). But he probably proved to be more important to us than Varane. At least in the long run.
@@MarkanVaran7 Yeah, I agree. But not the same level of performance as he would give from the next season onwards. But anyways, glad that we signed him! One of the most important players for Real!
Him against pep were some exciting times for me as a Barça fan.. especially the 5-0 el Classico 😉, no but in all seriousness they were really good, la Liga as a whole was also definitely the best league..
La liga during this time was severely underrated. Sure, it's the Barcelona/Madrid show, but there were also teams like Bielsa's Athletic and Pellegrini's Malaga that had some really exciting runs, the latter getting into UCL quarter finals.
@@gospaironija2762 just not true though is it even 7th placed Villareal took care of United in a European final.. 18 finals in a row now that Spanish teams have beat English teams..
@@vismong102 but the premier league is so much more physical than la liga and their is competition between whose wining the title whereas laliga you already know it’s either, atleti, Real or Barca wining the league
Those record braking teams and epically hyped classicos is what actually made me fall in love with football and Real Madrid. I remember vividly that "us against them" mentally was very real and extended even to the fans, with animosity. It was bad, yet amazing, cause you would truly feel that you were a fan to the point that being a Madridista or a Cule is part of your identity. It was amazing football, a football heritage in fact that should be heard by young kids of the future.
He started to lead Real Madrid out of the shadows of Barcelona. Some of the players went on to become important pillars in the most successful years to come after like Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Benzema and of course Cristiano Ronaldo.
The best clásicos of all time. Those games were amazing because they had so much intensity. Madrid were a very complete team with excellent counter attacking capabilities.
Oh man, being a Madrid/Barça back then was interesting af, incredibly hype period as you said, now I'm left wanting to hear you talk about Guardiola's Barcelona. Superb video, cheers!
As a die hard Mourinhista and AS Roma supporter, i really appreciate Inter fans. If only Real Madrid and Chelsea could have treated him like that, because he laid the foundations for those 2 clubs being the most successful european teams of the past decade
but madrid fans do love him, we love the mentality he brought and who doesn't like a villain, he created the bullies turned madrid into the bully they are now
mourinho managing madrid was the turning point of madrid team mentality,though he left in 3 seasons,his influence and mentality was still thr in the team subsequently winning 5 ucl,3 la liga and other in trophy cabinet,this team would be more dangerous and scared by others if they play in present now
Mourinho was the first to solve the Barcelona puzzle firstly in Inter in the semis of CL and then he did it even more convincingly at some crucial moments during his spell at Real Madrid. Underrated achievement of Mou.
Would love a similar video on the set-up Arrigo Sacchi (and Berlusconi) made with AC Milan in the late 80's, especially since most sources are in Italian.. D: From going to Serie B twice at the beginning of the 80's to winning consecutive European Cups and later winning an invincible Serie A title with Capello. From the greatest back 4 of all time (Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta, Tassotti) to the flying Dutchmen, Donadoni, Ancelotti etc.
Jose seems like a really really hit or miss manager. He's like thst super strict trainer that demands 1000% from you at all times, even out of the gym. Sure, it'll help you at the start, but eventually you'll get sick of him constantly pressing you
When it was announced that Mourinho was gonna be Madrid’s new manager I was over the top ecstatic. I recall repeatedly saying we’re gonna win the Champions league, we’re winning the Champions league. That didn’t turn out so well back then but a few seasons later we remember how many we won to ad to the total. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Their biggest problem was that Jose couldn’t put his ego aside. He couldn’t stand that Ramos, Casillias, and CR7 had so much power, that was his downfall. That’s the reason why Zizou was so successful, he never had an ego and always superb at managing the dressing room
lol Zidane does have ego, just look at how he treated Bale, just the same as Mourinho treating Casillas. Just that at the time Zidane came, Casillas had gone, CR7 and Ramos were already matured very much, and more than that, Zidane doesn't have a strictly strategy like Mourinho's, which make players feel easier to play. The one who doesn't have big ego should be Ancelotti.
That Madrid team for me is the best counter attacking team I've ever watched played the game, they could absorb pressure make 3 passes and the ball would be in the back of the opposition's net most times under 5 seconds 😳
This is one beautiful football story well summed up. Mourinho's Madrid were really beasts in their 2nd spell....this was the era that made me such a huge football and Madrid fan. I just appreciate how beautiful you summed up the entire story. Thank you
Mourinho really does let one bad event escalate into losing the dressing room. Main difference between him and SAF. Surprising really as he excells in so many things.
@@RafsanS15 That's the thing. It wasn't like those teams won against noobs. There were real competitions.This makes Atletico winning the league very impressive. Madrid went out against Bayern on penalty shootout. Bayern dominated a bit more but it was a 50-50 game and could go either way. They almost made a comeback against Dortmund.The amount of great chances they missed in the first 15 minutes was crazy. The game could've been the reverse of the first game and it would be fair..like a 4-1 for Madrid.. Zidane's Madrid was more versatile but they had better luck. There were instances Madrid could've been out during the three peat but luck favoured them compared to Mourinho years. They only struggled against Barca . Even that one, with a better luck, i.e without Pepe red card, it could've gone differently ...who knows?Pepe's red was controversial as Alves did a oscar worthy level acting there. It was only after that Messi was able to went solo. Messi scored plenty against Madrid but never after beating 4 players again or before ,why? The answer was Pepe. Pepe as a DM was what usually kept Madrid in the game. Anyway, what I'm saying is Mourinho's Madrid was among the best versions of Madrid including Zidane's. Their difference in successes were not a clear indicator of the talent and what they were capable of. Against Atletico in 2013 copa del rey final, they hit the post 4 times!!! Don't get me wrong.Atletico deserved it but that was some unlucky stuff..Compare that to Ramos 92:48 in the UCL final...where luck favoured Madrid
@@nihalr9 all the top players and coaches will tell you that although they would prefer to win the CL, the League is harder to win. Just think about it how can you be the best team in Europe if you're not the best team in your own country? That bc in the CL there's fewer games/you get drawn teams and thus luck plays a bigger factor, look at Chelsea in '12
@@nihalr9 and I'll give you another example, if you know your history you'll know that a big factor in Real winning their third and fourth CL in the 50s/60s was the young Man. Utd whole team dying in a plane crash, that's why Real offered to give them the CL trophy that year
This team should have won a Champions League! But Mourinho's legacy was visible years after he left, he made those Champions League wins possible, before him they wouldn't go through the quarter finals, he paved the way for success!
It was so toxic, but the drama and his beef with Pep was soo entertaining. I literally couldn't wait to read news every week just to find out what's going on. The beef was so strong, it surpassed football, i was in Barcelona for a holiday, and people were giving a Catalan flag, taught me how to chant and mock mourinho in Catalan. And then I went to madrid and people taught the me reverse 😂. It was so awesome and intense to experience football in spain during that time.
The best time in my football life,,,, 45 minutes used to feel like 5 minutes, it was the best players vs the best players, the best manager vs the best manager, the fights, sent offs, goals competition, and every other competition you can imagine, on top of all of that was the media drama and Classico the movie to hype things up.
The thing about that team was that all the players were at the peak of their powers and just brushed teams aside with a nonchalance I hadn’t seen since the great Milan and Inter teams of the eighties. For neutrals, a delight to watch Luke their arch rivals were also. Two very different teams but masters of their methodology
This was such a beautiful time in football. I kinda miss the old traditional football with real actual city against city rivalries, the amount of fierceness el classicos brought were electric.
@Football Iconic.... Your channel is one of the few whose all videos I have watched. The narration is superb. The research behind the facts and opinions are commendable. And add to that, the small snippets of humor that you add in between the video is hard to miss. The cold blooded Barca-Real jibe, for. example. Great work man.
The winning mentality today we see from Madrid players was lost and brought back by Jose. The decima winning team was pretty much the brainchild of Mou. As a Madridista, I'm so greatful for Jose Mourinho "The special One" for his time with us, you were really something special❤🙏
Mourinho's real madrid team is one of the reasons why real madrid has also been my fantasy/dream team. Also, the time when Real Madrid won la Decima was one of my childhood football favourite moments.
Coming off the very mercenary "Galactico" era what Real Madrid needed was for its players to become "madridistas" to be "fans" or be invested in their own team. That is precisely what Mourinho accomplished and it's not surprising that Real Madrid has been so powerful and dominant after his tenure. Mourinho made Real Madrid go from a sum of brilliant individualities to an actual team.
I have been a Barcelona Fan since i started watching football but i loved this real madrid (sometimes bc they were so toxic) and Ozil was my favorite player there
Congrats for loving them bc they're so toxic. It's a sport, not war. Pple like you make the world a worse place. It's supposed to be the beautiful game not the brutal game.
Mourinho's Real Madrid in 2011/2012 was the first team in Spain to reach the 100 points. While FC Barcelona did it the following year which was the first season after Guardiola departure. Just to remind you who is better between the "Special One" and the so called "Best coach in the world".
What a shit take, if he shit coach he will not be able to win many title as manager. All the money in the world if he not be able to use it well it only mean nothing. Many professional footballer respect him as great coach, i will not consider some nameless stranger on internet as they have some kind validity of their claim. Absolute joke.
I would love for someone to make a video testing the case for UEFA and Ref Bias trying to put Barcelona in the finals year after year. They were obviously a great team maybe the greatest but they also were involved in a lot of controversial games and events that seemed to go in their favour. Would be good to have all the evidence and claims laid out to see whether it is just coincidence or whether it truly was a disgrace.
There were just as many bad calls against barca, its just that they were soo strong to even win when the ref was fucking them over, and so people naturaly forget the bad calls againat barca. And when you are winning as much as they did, there are always people that cant wait to see you loose.
Same shit your talking now has happened to Madrid with their 3x sweep of UCL. Shit calls against Bayern and Juve. Dud things happen your still stuck to that butthurt on top of it.
@@GE0attack Wtf are you talking about kid? The Juve penalty was 100% the correct call, this is why nobody talks about it anymore, we all know it was a pen, only salty Barca fans still pretend it was controversial. Bayern got a bs penalty and their goal in the bernabeu was offside, but it's Madrid that had the ref on their side? And those events are not comparable to the joke red card to Van Persie, the 5 penalties Chelsea deserved, Pepe's red card after Alves obvious dive, the Busquets infamous dive against inter. All these were obvious biased calls to help Barcelona get to the final.
He is a born winner plain and simple if any player is not on the same page that's it, in a job like that you have to have balls of steel in my eyes once he wins big they feel they don't have to try as hard as they did to maintain the same vision.
I think Mourinho's Madrid suffered from a lack of luck in the CL semifinals, facing the best club side ever in 10/11 and with a dubious red card they didn't stand a chance over 2 legs, but would've probably beaten United in the final. Losing to Bayern on pens in their golden 11/12 season where again they would've most likely battered Chelsea in the final. And finally coming up against Lewandowski's career golden hour in 12/13. Had they won the Champions League in any of those 3 seasons I think the general outlook on that Madrid team and possibly individuals like Mourinho and Ronaldo would be very different.
I love Mourinho's Madrid . He was fundamental in Their success . He brought in all the good players. Varane, Modric, casemiro, OZIL, di Maria etc. He even pit Bale on his wishlist until Mourinho decided to step down
This was the most dominant Real in the modern era. The Zidane team mastered the art of winning big games but this team set league records that still hold, perfect counterattacking and the most balanced version of the galatico project ever. Absolute tragedy that all the most solid penalty takers missed!
As marvellous as it was to watch Jose's Madrid team, and even later Madrid teams, i always felt frustrated at the calibre of players that spent countless games on the bench and were unable to shine. Kaka, later on Ozil, Isco, Bale etc. Wonder what football would be like if those stars were given a chance to shine elsewhere
Great work man, I'm so glad I found this channel! I was wondering if you could do a video on Robben and Ribery (the Robbery partnership) which was a great force for Bayern in the previous years!
Great as usual my friend, very insightful and objective, you’re my favorite. In many ways this Real reminds me of peak Arsenal, as good as they’re they underachieved, the records and performances didn’t match the titles. Especially with Real, they remind of great fighters who can be in the p4p list and beat everyone else except the champion. The problem with madrid is obvious (Barcelona) and I believe till this day that Madrid won’t be a consistent winner against Barcelona at that time because they lack the necessary tools to beat them. Let’s breakdown the problem, Jose first match against Barca was a disaster for obvious reasons, he tried new tactics that the team didn’t do before against a team who’s too good to be beat by experiment; a high pressure with a high defensive line takes long time to develop, especially if you know the history behind the players, for example Ronaldo who doesn’t apply the pressure since Man Utd days or Ramos who doesn’t know how to defend in high line. Jose corrected his mistakes and went back on what he do best (parking the bus) the tactics that made him knock Barca out of the champions league. The reason why that tactic didn’t work consistently is because Real was a very offensive minded team throughout the season and they made the defensive switch only when they face Barca. In order to perfect “Parking the bus” you have to do it more frequently, not only that his defenders as good as they’re, their tactical awareness is no where near the guys who perfected the tactic, guys like Terry, Zanetti, Carvalho, Mekalele etc. In order to beat Barca you have to apply the same tactics that Mourinho chose in the first match, he had the right idea but a terrible execution. Exactly like what Bayern did, disturbing the building from back by applying constant pressure from the attackers, high line, focusing on set pieces, initiate the attack don’t wait for the counter, etc. And I believe that this great team of Barca will always suffer against Bayern for the reasons I mentioned.
I'm a pretty chill guy...but it just surprises me(kinda makes me cross) that you don't have too many subscribers because your content is elite and very neat
Superb video. I am a Barca fan but I really do respect that Madrid team. I admit to being anti-Mourinho but he is one of the best coaches, I just didn't like his ego but he sure knew his business. How I remember the atmosphere; it sure was toxic, those were the days.
I love your videos man. Can you believe I was about to watch a movie but instead i watched this video (pause for a second) twice. I was very interesting.
As a Madrid fan, Mourinho reminded Real Madrid who they were, and what they were about: competing, and winning. He brought back a hunger, a mentality and a spirit that are synonyms with Real Madrid, but had been lost for too long by the time he arrived. He showed us and the world that Pep's Barcelona (as you said, possibly the best club team ever) was not invincible. That Madrid team was electrifying and devastating, one of the most fun to watch I can remember. And if it wasn't for how unbelievably good Barça was during those years, they could have defined an era. But the thing is, he achieved all that through pretty extreme methods that really tested the limits of the players, the fans, the press and the club, which ended up giving another side to his legacy, a really ugly one. Most notably (and sadly), his public trial and execution of Casillas. Iker never fully recovered from that, lost his confidence and never gained back the trust of a section of the fans and the president (that's how big a sensation Mourinho was at Madrid, that he managed to convince like 50% of the fans to side with him and turn on a club legend like Casillas), and that ended as we know in the saddest way possible.
This Madrid team during this period was the second best team in the history of football, but unfortunately they were playing against the best team in the history of football.
For me this team was at the same level of Barcas 2009 team i am probably unpopular in saying this but Barca had Luck Real hadnt Barca wouldnt have won that Champions league in 2009 if it wasnt for very dodgy refereeing.
This is a really well made documentary, I’m sure you’ve missed a lot, I wouldn’t know, but for me, this was absolutely fantastic, you kept my attention, you spoke well and it was incredibly interesting!
Jose Mourinho literally brought the winning mentality in Real Madrid . He did really well considering the team barcelona had at that time .
oi shut up, winning mentality my ass. When u can't say anything then u talk about mentality and shit.
@@abyss713 Wow, such an angry man!
Went toe to toe with Barca and Pep while they were still on top. Respect x3
@@abyss713 Check out this clown.
@@FootballIconic Amazing Video My Man! Liked and Subbed! Would love for you to make a video on arguably the best football team of all time....2009 Barca.
I lived in Barcelona at the time (2008-2016, and the hate between Barcelona and Madrid was something I don’t think I will never see again.
Honestly, as a neutral spectator, that period was extremely crazy and enjoyable to watch, but some locals maybe saw it as too much because of political problems Spain still has today with Catalonia.
It's happened before this and it'll happen again. It's like The two Milan teams or Liverpool vs United. The fanbases are so damn toxic against each other especially when one of them happens to be the best in the world at the time and the other is struggling. The greatest 3 fixtures in World football.
@@valideno9592 it was, I can’t repeat what was said by those Barca fans that were my mates, but it what was said wasn’t toxic, it was pure hate
@@joethompson3621 wow your mates sound hard!
That was a period of time where the La Liga (primary El clasico) stage was THE STAGE to perform unlike nowadays where the Premier League is the stage.
When Mourinho arrived in 2010-11, Real Madrid had been knocked out of the round of 16 of the Champions League for the last SIX years. Even though they didn't win it, the 3 consecutive Champions League semi-finals that Real Madrid reached under Mourinho re-established them as serious Champions League contenders.
Ronaldo, Kaka , Ramos missed penalty in penalty shootout otherwise they would've won it
@@jaykundaly5503 who was the winners of the UCL in his 1st year?
@@jean-paulwalters8855 Barcelona
@@pleadthe5th989 cheers
Arsenal was RM except they get worse than r16 exit
All I remember is the mind games, Red cards, and Pepe 😁😁
In all honesty, that was the peak El Classico to me, as a neutral. Mourinho's Real Madrid are the predecessor to all the future success that came after. ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
Those were the days
Big fan of your content🔥
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Insane period for Clasicos!
Those clasicos were batshit crazy! The most entertaining matches I've seen before and after
This was peak Jose v Pep
That Real Madrid team in 2012 should’ve really won the champions League that year
Really should've done better in the CL. It's a shame.
@@FootballIconic Literally the only reason they’re not in the discussion for the greatest team ever.
If they had won the penalty shootout against Bayern i'm pretty sure they wouldn't have lost against Chelsea without mercy.
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@@alexandrecaldeira69 If, buts and maybes. If Chelsea were awarded one of the 4 penalties in 2009, Barca would have had just 1 ucl under pep
Off topic: Selling Ozil was a big crime and it was criminally unfair to Ronaldo. That telepathy!
I wish they kept him
tell that to ozil's father greed
@@arciesemana2360 dont forget that in august 2013 ancelotti was shunting ozil out to the wing for 60min shifts while starting new toy isco @ #10 every game. This coupled with their desire to recoup some $$$ in the wake of buying bayol had them helping nudge ozil out the door.
LITTLE KNOWN FACT: CR7 referred to ozil as "the sorcerer's apprentice" -- make of that what you will.
Selling ozil for isco and both barely played due to the philosophy changes in football.
Yes selling him the best decision real could make.
@@r3zaful and then suddenly they bought James Rodriguez next season. What a philosophical change! The thing is, Ancelloti never liked his play and he himself admitted it.
Mourinho basically laid the foundation for Zidane’s Madrid. Mourinho brought in the players and brought in the warrior mentality. And Zidane brought the European glory that Madrid had been searching for
Without ancelotti real madridi wouldn't have lifted their 10th ucl trophy
Jose didn’t buy ronaldo, ramos, Kroos, benzema, bale, Marcelo, di maria
Zidane brought in football. Mou just brought in dirty tactics. That's not warrior mentality. That's just foul play.
@@piscesman54 the hate is strong with this one
You can not be the coach of Real Madrid and cry about referees and favoritism. No excuses if you loose is because the other team was best.
Also, in the Bernabeu it not only matters winning but how you win.
That Madrid squad was pretty young to be fair. The Barcelona side consisted of more players in their prime.
This is actually a very good point I didn't really consider!
And thats the reason they go on to dominate in subsequent years. Very good point.
That’s a billion dollar galactilo filled team
@@rajeevkunapareddy1182Barca players were worth more at the time
@@skymanxd6366 But almost all of them were home grown
This thumbnail with Mourinho looking at us is a work of art
*Mind games intensify*
Mourinho was right about Barca in that era. Fantastic team, but I think we're lying to ourselves if say there weren't very sketchy calls given to them in the UCL for a few a seasons in that era.
They weren't called uefalona for nothing
@@Permuh Repeat a lie 100 times and it will become true
I don't say they didn't have some arbitral benefits, here and there, but referees get things wrong both ways, saying they didn't receive some unfair decisions is bullsh*t. Only thing is Madrd has louder speakers
@@Permuh refedrid won 2 UCL bcuz of referee ,2016/17 , 2017/18 , their is a saying that people always sees bad in others but they never sees bad in themselves and it suits perfectly to a hypocrite like you..
@@polopuik9198 Yes, you are right, mistakes happened at both ends of the field, in favor of Barcelona and against Barcelona. But we are talking about certain moments which were not mistakes at all, we are talking about clear favoritism shown by officials in certain matches, especially in the quarterfinals and the semifinals. Also, "Repeat a lie 100 times and it will become true" doesn't really apply in the 21 century when you have video proof, video proof that is readily available to anyone. But UEFA favoring a team in the UCL is not a new thing, it has happened since 1970's and it will probably happen until 2050's or more.
@@bogdancr4292 Humans are more lazy than what you think, if it's comfortable for them to belive uefalona is a thing, but then someone shows him proofs showing they are wrong, many will not click the link. Really say that there's favoritism for a club is really dumb, I am from Barça and I won't be saying Madrid has favoritism even though they won a champion scoring at the last minute offside, or with bayern 2017 with casemiro not having a red card and scoring offside again. If you reaaly think there were sketchy moments with Barça, show the clips, and I'll watch them
This video makes me appreciate a different manager, Diego Simeone for emerging through this 2-team league successfully.
This was the era that brought me to football. I was a kid 10-11 years, all I heard from seniors was Barca, Messi, Barca and Messi, their treble. And the 5-0 humiliation. Every kid in my class was about Barca (Im from Moscow). And then I watched Real Madrid. And fell in love. They were loosers in recent years and I really have a soft spot for these teams. For the same reason I prefer Spurs over other PL teams. But Real Madrid were losers that won. A year and they're champions of Spains. A couple years more, they're champions of Europe. And then they went on to dominate for years.
Right now they're in bad shape but you know they will be back at the top.
I can really relate to this so so so much 😅
Lol yes. I relate as well. Granero’s line at the end of the video pretty much encapsulated everything. They *were* the underdogs, but one that will put up the most aggressive fight you’ll ever see.
You're talking like its athletic bilbao you're mentioning lol.
Real had close to a billion euros squad
" soft spot for these teams " 🤣🤣
@@ElliottPiano 😂🤣 straight up you’ll think he was taking about a mid table team or something
Oh don't worry barca is in shambles but we're getting better. So get ready to lose in future again.
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
He stayed longer than what he supposed to. Great manager tho.
No, he encouraged incredibly dirty, violent football. Bad road to go down. Wreck the beautiful game.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 and yet most people fell in love with football because of how cutthroat those el classicos were.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 if during his reign those players from Real Madrid were dirty and violent, then those Barca players that they were facing during that era were some of the best actors that could've been winning multiple Academy Awards.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 clown
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 it really wasn't dirty. You're just a fan of "beautiful game" floppers and fake men that throw themselves around. That's what ruins football and the image it has.
Mourinho could have won La Decima under his watch if it wasn't for his 3 season cycle. He built the core of the squad that won the Champions League under Ancelotti. Mourinho also request signing Bale that arrived the following season he left.
The mind games of Mourinho on Guardiola were amazing
I still remember "maybe Pep owns a restaurant in Oslo" LMAO
Was Inter manager at the time but that's one of Mourinho's best snipes. To a Chelsea fan that was music to the ears :)
@@HHHBFResurrected same
Amazingly ineffective at least when Mourinho was with my Madrid
@@HHHBFResurrected Oslo?
@@itsmike9227 He was referencing Barcelona's match in 2009 vs. Chelsea when they wouldn't have gotten through if Ovrebo (referee from Oslo) hadn't made several horrendous calls, when the Spanish press had the nerve to question the referee from their 2010 match vs. Inter.
That 2011-12 real Madrid was wonderful they should have won la decima in 2012
Fr man
Looking back at it, I suppose it wasn't their time. Perhaps Jose wasn't mean to lead them to La Decima.
But Jose was certainly the most important pivot of Real Madrid upcoming success.
As a Madrid fan I remember those blistering counter attacks . I always thought that our team had such strength in depth in the attack as well as defence with Carvalho and Albiol as subs. I miss the Ramos Pepe CB duo although they made me nervous when playing Barca .
Red card guaranteed with those two 😂
Imo their biggest weakness at that time is in RB position. You can see them started to get really good when carvajal came.
You miss Ramos and Pepe? You are a sadist. They were thugs. It's a miracle Messi wasn't crippled by them. Dirtiest footballl ever.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 If you can’t stand the tackles maybe don’t watch contact sports then..
@@Ryan37627 if that's the case then it's a good thing ramos has a devastating injury and is a shell of the player he once was. There are even rumors that psg want to terminate his contract because he has contributed nothing 💁
They were good under Pellegrini, (96 points), just versed a great Barca side, then Mourinho took them over the line
Remember that this team was a nightmare for THAT barcelona team. This is without a doubt one of the best teams ever and they deserved a CL trophy.
Jose Mourinho built the base of what this Real Madrid team was for the past decade. Huge props to him. Everything he laid down from player changes to the monster mentality went on for seasons to come. Great video!
I know it’s easier said than done, but it looks like Mourinho’s sacking was due to his lack of changing along with the new signings and year. He couldn’t bring himself to change his management style and it started bringing problems
Guardiola’s problem was that he micromanaged. He’s always on his players shoulders, telling them what to do and when it came down to making decisions on their own, they would collapse
Complaints from Mourinho’s players: Too egotistical and brought a toxic environment
Complaints from Guardiola’s players: He micromanaged too much and didn’t lead/motivate them
Monster mentality? You mean dirty mentality. One of the most sour loser teams on the face of the earth.
@@leonardomichua No. Guardiola's problem was Barca simply had too much success too early, so it was difficult for the players to get motivated for another go around. Guardiola recognized this, and in an attempt to stem the tide of lacklustre, lackadaiscal performance from players that had already won everything there was to win in club football (plus International football, for the Spanish contingent), he began tinkering with the formation excessively.
This ended up hastening the demise of that team. The strange 3-4-3 formation in big La Liga games, using Alves as an auxiliary midfielder, and buying Alexis Sanchez AND Fabregas when only one was needed, are prime examples of this
Great video! The 2011-12 season was the best under him. Peak Ozil was fire and probably the best version of CR7. Still remember watching the 1-2 victory over Barca at Camp Nou and Ronaldo's Calma celebration. The only positives about 2012-13 season were that we lost to Barca only once in 6 meetings and the discovery of Varane.
Modric came in 2012/13 too bro
@@MarkanVaran7 Ugh! How did I forget about Modric? Maybe because he had a bad debut season (12-13). But he probably proved to be more important to us than Varane. At least in the long run.
@@shravinargekar992 he played great second part of that season. Ever since that goal against United in march 2013 he was constantly on top
@@MarkanVaran7 Yeah, I agree. But not the same level of performance as he would give from the next season onwards. But anyways, glad that we signed him! One of the most important players for Real!
No last season Real Madrid was peak Ronaldo: he was so good, you would lose betting on him. He scored EVERY match, in CL, La liga and was insane
Him against pep were some exciting times for me as a Barça fan.. especially the 5-0 el Classico 😉, no but in all seriousness they were really good, la Liga as a whole was also definitely the best league..
La liga during this time was severely underrated. Sure, it's the Barcelona/Madrid show, but there were also teams like Bielsa's Athletic and Pellegrini's Malaga that had some really exciting runs, the latter getting into UCL quarter finals.
@@doggerlander yep, that’s why I rated it the best league... with the 2 best teams..
League have 20 teams and England have strongest league since begining of century.
@@gospaironija2762 just not true though is it even 7th placed Villareal took care of United in a European final.. 18 finals in a row now that Spanish teams have beat English teams..
@@vismong102 but the premier league is so much more physical than la liga and their is competition between whose wining the title whereas laliga you already know it’s either, atleti, Real or Barca wining the league
You’ve left out the best part. This Madrid side he built went on to win La Decima.
Those record braking teams and epically hyped classicos is what actually made me fall in love with football and Real Madrid. I remember vividly that "us against them" mentally was very real and extended even to the fans, with animosity. It was bad, yet amazing, cause you would truly feel that you were a fan to the point that being a Madridista or a Cule is part of your identity. It was amazing football, a football heritage in fact that should be heard by young kids of the future.
He started to lead Real Madrid out of the shadows of Barcelona. Some of the players went on to become important pillars in the most successful years to come after like Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Benzema and of course Cristiano Ronaldo.
The best clásicos of all time. Those games were amazing because they had so much intensity. Madrid were a very complete team with excellent counter attacking capabilities.
Oh man, being a Madrid/Barça back then was interesting af, incredibly hype period as you said, now I'm left wanting to hear you talk about Guardiola's Barcelona. Superb video, cheers!
As a die hard Mourinhista and AS Roma supporter, i really appreciate Inter fans. If only Real Madrid and Chelsea could have treated him like that, because he laid the foundations for those 2 clubs being the most successful european teams of the past decade
but madrid fans do love him, we love the mentality he brought and who doesn't like a villain, he created the bullies turned madrid into the bully they are now
There is no Madrid fan who hates Mourinho we love him
Madrid fans love mourhino stop being a fucking loser. You disrespected Jose worse then we ever did
mourinho managing madrid was the turning point of madrid team mentality,though he left in 3 seasons,his influence and mentality was still thr in the team subsequently winning 5 ucl,3 la liga and other in trophy cabinet,this team would be more dangerous and scared by others if they play in present now
Absolutely love how in depth your videos are. We can tell you put hard work in to each video
Cheers!!
Let's all appreciate the fantastic work this man put on these videos. Seriously, thank you, mate 😀
Haha it's my pleasure man. I learn so much making these videos so it goes both ways!
Mourinho was the first to solve the Barcelona puzzle firstly in Inter in the semis of CL and then he did it even more convincingly at some crucial moments during his spell at Real Madrid. Underrated achievement of Mou.
Would love a similar video on the set-up Arrigo Sacchi (and Berlusconi) made with AC Milan in the late 80's, especially since most sources are in Italian.. D:
From going to Serie B twice at the beginning of the 80's to winning consecutive European Cups and later winning an invincible Serie A title with Capello.
From the greatest back 4 of all time (Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta, Tassotti) to the flying Dutchmen, Donadoni, Ancelotti etc.
Never have I been more excited to watch a new video from a channel
Keep up the good work 👍
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Just wanted to appreciate your work mate🙏🏻
The in depth analysis you do is brilliant
Jose seems like a really really hit or miss manager. He's like thst super strict trainer that demands 1000% from you at all times, even out of the gym. Sure, it'll help you at the start, but eventually you'll get sick of him constantly pressing you
You hit the nail. Players were okay with it at first until they no longer were. Lost his team
Pep vs Mourinho was legendary
Appreciate your content bro 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Deep research with regular content 💪🏽
Cheers man!
When it was announced that Mourinho was gonna be Madrid’s new manager I was over the top ecstatic. I recall repeatedly saying we’re gonna win the Champions league, we’re winning the Champions league. That didn’t turn out so well back then but a few seasons later we remember how many we won to ad to the total.
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Their biggest problem was that Jose couldn’t put his ego aside. He couldn’t stand that Ramos, Casillias, and CR7 had so much power, that was his downfall. That’s the reason why Zizou was so successful, he never had an ego and always superb at managing the dressing room
lol Zidane does have ego, just look at how he treated Bale, just the same as Mourinho treating Casillas. Just that at the time Zidane came, Casillas had gone, CR7 and Ramos were already matured very much, and more than that, Zidane doesn't have a strictly strategy like Mourinho's, which make players feel easier to play. The one who doesn't have big ego should be Ancelotti.
That's how it should be. The manager should have the power to tell the players what to do.
The manager should have the power over the players. That's the point of any company
@@sokratesowly2256 To be fair Casillas was poor during the 12/13 season
@@rohithraman6488 he didnt get enough playing time
Real Madrid Di Maria was amazing. And Ronaldo during this season..... insane
“One day some poor rival is going to pay for the chances we’ve missed today”
This is the mentality we need
That is scary
That Madrid team for me is the best counter attacking team I've ever watched played the game, they could absorb pressure make 3 passes and the ball would be in the back of the opposition's net most times under 5 seconds 😳
This is one beautiful football story well summed up. Mourinho's Madrid were really beasts in their 2nd spell....this was the era that made me such a huge football and Madrid fan. I just appreciate how beautiful you summed up the entire story. Thank you
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You honestly make the best football content it’s insane how good it is
this video described the mourinho era perfectly. well done mate!
Cheers, mate!
Mourinho really does let one bad event escalate into losing the dressing room. Main difference between him and SAF. Surprising really as he excells in so many things.
thats why i never put him above saf but still in my top 3 after saf and CA
If Barca didn’t happen to have the greatest team of all time at the same time of that Mourinho Madrid side we’d look back at that era much differently
In 2012 & 2013 they didn't faced Barca at UCL Semi-final.
@@RafsanS15 That's the thing. It wasn't like those teams won against noobs. There were real competitions.This makes Atletico winning the league very impressive. Madrid went out against Bayern on penalty shootout. Bayern dominated a bit more but it was a 50-50 game and could go either way. They almost made a comeback against Dortmund.The amount of great chances they missed in the first 15 minutes was crazy. The game could've been the reverse of the first game and it would be fair..like a 4-1 for Madrid.. Zidane's Madrid was more versatile but they had better luck. There were instances Madrid could've been out during the three peat but luck favoured them compared to Mourinho years. They only struggled against Barca . Even that one, with a better luck, i.e without Pepe red card, it could've gone differently ...who knows?Pepe's red was controversial as Alves did a oscar worthy level acting there. It was only after that Messi was able to went solo. Messi scored plenty against Madrid but never after beating 4 players again or before ,why? The answer was Pepe. Pepe as a DM was what usually kept Madrid in the game.
Anyway, what I'm saying is Mourinho's Madrid was among the best versions of Madrid including Zidane's. Their difference in successes were not a clear indicator of the talent and what they were capable of. Against Atletico in 2013 copa del rey final, they hit the post 4 times!!! Don't get me wrong.Atletico deserved it but that was some unlucky stuff..Compare that to Ramos 92:48 in the UCL final...where luck favoured Madrid
Barca? Greatest team of all time? I don’t remember them winning 4champions league in 5years
@@nihalr9 all the top players and coaches will tell you that although they would prefer to win the CL, the League is harder to win. Just think about it how can you be the best team in Europe if you're not the best team in your own country? That bc in the CL there's fewer games/you get drawn teams and thus luck plays a bigger factor, look at Chelsea in '12
@@nihalr9 and I'll give you another example, if you know your history you'll know that a big factor in Real winning their third and fourth CL in the 50s/60s was the young Man. Utd whole team dying in a plane crash, that's why Real offered to give them the CL trophy that year
This channel should have so many more subscribers, content is always high quality and I love remembering these moments #nostalgia
This team should have won a Champions League! But Mourinho's legacy was visible years after he left, he made those Champions League wins possible, before him they wouldn't go through the quarter finals, he paved the way for success!
It was so toxic, but the drama and his beef with Pep was soo entertaining. I literally couldn't wait to read news every week just to find out what's going on. The beef was so strong, it surpassed football, i was in Barcelona for a holiday, and people were giving a Catalan flag, taught me how to chant and mock mourinho in Catalan. And then I went to madrid and people taught the me reverse 😂. It was so awesome and intense to experience football in spain during that time.
The best time in my football life,,,, 45 minutes used to feel like 5 minutes, it was the best players vs the best players, the best manager vs the best manager, the fights, sent offs, goals competition, and every other competition you can imagine, on top of all of that was the media drama and Classico the movie to hype things up.
How do you beat a team that gets 99 points? Just get 100 points. Basically describes RM and the insane rivalry between the 2 teams.
The thing about that team was that all the players were at the peak of their powers and just brushed teams aside with a nonchalance I hadn’t seen since the great Milan and Inter teams of the eighties. For neutrals, a delight to watch Luke their arch rivals were also. Two very different teams but masters of their methodology
The elclassicos during this period were fire. the hatred and tension between both teams were palpable and thats what made the games special.
This was such a beautiful time in football. I kinda miss the old traditional football with real actual city against city rivalries, the amount of fierceness el classicos brought were electric.
@Football Iconic.... Your channel is one of the few whose all videos I have watched. The narration is superb. The research behind the facts and opinions are commendable. And add to that, the small snippets of humor that you add in between the video is hard to miss. The cold blooded Barca-Real jibe, for. example. Great work man.
Thanks man! Really appreciate that!
The winning mentality today we see from Madrid players was lost and brought back by Jose. The decima winning team was pretty much the brainchild of Mou.
As a Madridista, I'm so greatful for Jose Mourinho "The special One" for his time with us, you were really something special❤🙏
Mourinho's real madrid team is one of the reasons why real madrid has also been my fantasy/dream team. Also, the time when Real Madrid won la Decima was one of my childhood football favourite moments.
Coming off the very mercenary "Galactico" era what Real Madrid needed was for its players to become "madridistas" to be "fans" or be invested in their own team. That is precisely what Mourinho accomplished and it's not surprising that Real Madrid has been so powerful and dominant after his tenure. Mourinho made Real Madrid go from a sum of brilliant individualities to an actual team.
I have been a Barcelona Fan since i started watching football but i loved this real madrid (sometimes bc they were so toxic) and Ozil was my favorite player there
Congrats for loving them bc they're so toxic. It's a sport, not war. Pple like you make the world a worse place. It's supposed to be the beautiful game not the brutal game.
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 wtf this even mean i
this is particularly the best video of you. you are a gem and definitely underappreciated
Mourinho's Real Madrid in 2011/2012 was the first team in Spain to reach the 100 points. While FC Barcelona did it the following year which was the first season after Guardiola departure. Just to remind you who is better between the "Special One" and the so called "Best coach in the world".
Pep always got best team around and people act like he is excelent maneger. Klopp is and i am chelsea fan our guy right now is up there as well.
But after pep left barça was obliterated by Bayern 7-0. Never would have happened under pep. Sure maybe they would have lost but not 7-0
Yeah, it was Pep.
What a shit take, if he shit coach he will not be able to win many title as manager. All the money in the world if he not be able to use it well it only mean nothing.
Many professional footballer respect him as great coach, i will not consider some nameless stranger on internet as they have some kind validity of their claim. Absolute joke.
Pep is a overatted manager he cant do nothing without a super team.
He was the only one who rivalled pep and prime barca on an equal footing
He wasn't equal. Barca won more games.
I would love for someone to make a video testing the case for UEFA and Ref Bias trying to put Barcelona in the finals year after year. They were obviously a great team maybe the greatest but they also were involved in a lot of controversial games and events that seemed to go in their favour. Would be good to have all the evidence and claims laid out to see whether it is just coincidence or whether it truly was a disgrace.
Controversial. Real players were thugs, beating up their opponents, esp. Messi.
There were just as many bad calls against barca, its just that they were soo strong to even win when the ref was fucking them over, and so people naturaly forget the bad calls againat barca. And when you are winning as much as they did, there are always people that cant wait to see you loose.
Same shit your talking now has happened to Madrid with their 3x sweep of UCL. Shit calls against Bayern and Juve. Dud things happen your still stuck to that butthurt on top of it.
@@GE0attack Wtf are you talking about kid? The Juve penalty was 100% the correct call, this is why nobody talks about it anymore, we all know it was a pen, only salty Barca fans still pretend it was controversial.
Bayern got a bs penalty and their goal in the bernabeu was offside, but it's Madrid that had the ref on their side?
And those events are not comparable to the joke red card to Van Persie, the 5 penalties Chelsea deserved, Pepe's red card after Alves obvious dive, the Busquets infamous dive against inter. All these were obvious biased calls to help Barcelona get to the final.
Real Madrid fans doesnt have any bussiness talking about UEFA ref bias toward Barcelona.. Both teams are always being help by referees.
I'm a pretty chill guy...but it just surprises me that you don't have too many subscribers because your content is elite and very neat
Mourinho was right on Casillas though. He was finished by the time 2012-13 season started.
Then, that snake started leaking team business to his journalist girlfriend
@@tysonmcduggan6870 bro don't disrespect iker like that,
? Thats what he literally did
@@tysonmcduggan6870 No evidence bro, If the chairman liked Casillas he would’ve debunked all that allegations.
No, he wasn't...
What a fantastic video, I got goosebumps remembering this era, thank you.
Good to have you back mate
He is a born winner plain and simple if any player is not on the same page that's it, in a job like that you have to have balls of steel in my eyes once he wins big they feel they don't have to try as hard as they did to maintain the same vision.
I think Mourinho's Madrid suffered from a lack of luck in the CL semifinals, facing the best club side ever in 10/11 and with a dubious red card they didn't stand a chance over 2 legs, but would've probably beaten United in the final. Losing to Bayern on pens in their golden 11/12 season where again they would've most likely battered Chelsea in the final. And finally coming up against Lewandowski's career golden hour in 12/13.
Had they won the Champions League in any of those 3 seasons I think the general outlook on that Madrid team and possibly individuals like Mourinho and Ronaldo would be very different.
Favorite Era of football. Bc great teams and vastly different tactics in each major league across world
Mourinho laid the foundation the team who won 4 UCL in the same decade. Love this man.
Fantastic work man. Genuinely enjoyed every bit of this video. Your narration skills are top notch. You earned a sub!
Love your content man. That Madrid team was just sensational. Great video
buddy who told you this video is long, we are watching it full!! Need such videos for the missed time since i was too young
14:37 aged quite well, I guess
Why
I love Mourinho's Madrid . He was fundamental in Their success . He brought in all the good players. Varane, Modric, casemiro, OZIL, di Maria etc. He even pit Bale on his wishlist until Mourinho decided to step down
This was the most dominant Real in the modern era. The Zidane team mastered the art of winning big games but this team set league records that still hold, perfect counterattacking and the most balanced version of the galatico project ever.
Absolute tragedy that all the most solid penalty takers missed!
As a Barcelona fan, i HATED Madrid but because i was young. Now, i thank Mourinho for all the memories. That Madrid team was a monster.
As marvellous as it was to watch Jose's Madrid team, and even later Madrid teams, i always felt frustrated at the calibre of players that spent countless games on the bench and were unable to shine. Kaka, later on Ozil, Isco, Bale etc. Wonder what football would be like if those stars were given a chance to shine elsewhere
Somehow the algorithm helped me find you and I subbed today. Awesome content, mate! Cheers from America!😀
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Great work man, I'm so glad I found this channel! I was wondering if you could do a video on Robben and Ribery (the Robbery partnership) which was a great force for Bayern in the previous years!
Love this channels uploads, keep going mate great football content
Great as usual my friend, very insightful and objective, you’re my favorite.
In many ways this Real reminds me of peak Arsenal, as good as they’re they underachieved, the records and performances didn’t match the titles. Especially with Real, they remind of great fighters who can be in the p4p list and beat everyone else except the champion.
The problem with madrid is obvious (Barcelona) and I believe till this day that Madrid won’t be a consistent winner against Barcelona at that time because they lack the necessary tools to beat them.
Let’s breakdown the problem, Jose first match against Barca was a disaster for obvious reasons, he tried new tactics that the team didn’t do before against a team who’s too good to be beat by experiment; a high pressure with a high defensive line takes long time to develop, especially if you know the history behind the players, for example Ronaldo who doesn’t apply the pressure since Man Utd days or Ramos who doesn’t know how to defend in high line. Jose corrected his mistakes and went back on what he do best (parking the bus) the tactics that made him knock Barca out of the champions league. The reason why that tactic didn’t work consistently is because Real was a very offensive minded team throughout the season and they made the defensive switch only when they face Barca. In order to perfect “Parking the bus” you have to do it more frequently, not only that his defenders as good as they’re, their tactical awareness is no where near the guys who perfected the tactic, guys like Terry, Zanetti, Carvalho, Mekalele etc.
In order to beat Barca you have to apply the same tactics that Mourinho chose in the first match, he had the right idea but a terrible execution. Exactly like what Bayern did, disturbing the building from back by applying constant pressure from the attackers, high line, focusing on set pieces, initiate the attack don’t wait for the counter, etc. And I believe that this great team of Barca will always suffer against Bayern for the reasons I mentioned.
A era mais vencedora do barcelona veio com aquela ajuda de negreira e Uefa xd
I'm a pretty chill guy...but it just surprises me(kinda makes me cross) that you don't have too many subscribers because your content is elite and very neat
19:55 "you're an attacker that's just gotten past the madrid midfield, congrats Sergio Ramos and Pepe are waiting to greet you". LOL
Superb video. I am a Barca fan but I really do respect that Madrid team. I admit to being anti-Mourinho but he is one of the best coaches, I just didn't like his ego but he sure knew his business. How I remember the atmosphere; it sure was toxic, those were the days.
El classico was a massive highlight of year event when pep and mourinho was in charge.
Great video, beautiful work
Now we know why Mou, spirit of Negreira was with barcelona.
I love your videos man. Can you believe I was about to watch a movie but instead i watched this video (pause for a second) twice. I was very interesting.
121 goals(record), 100 points🔥🔥🔥
100 points was during tito Villanova season before Suarez and neymar, but non the less msn was fantastic they won the treble in 2015
As a Madrid fan, Mourinho reminded Real Madrid who they were, and what they were about: competing, and winning. He brought back a hunger, a mentality and a spirit that are synonyms with Real Madrid, but had been lost for too long by the time he arrived. He showed us and the world that Pep's Barcelona (as you said, possibly the best club team ever) was not invincible. That Madrid team was electrifying and devastating, one of the most fun to watch I can remember. And if it wasn't for how unbelievably good Barça was during those years, they could have defined an era.
But the thing is, he achieved all that through pretty extreme methods that really tested the limits of the players, the fans, the press and the club, which ended up giving another side to his legacy, a really ugly one. Most notably (and sadly), his public trial and execution of Casillas. Iker never fully recovered from that, lost his confidence and never gained back the trust of a section of the fans and the president (that's how big a sensation Mourinho was at Madrid, that he managed to convince like 50% of the fans to side with him and turn on a club legend like Casillas), and that ended as we know in the saddest way possible.
This Madrid team during this period was the second best team in the history of football, but unfortunately they were playing against the best team in the history of football.
For me this team was at the same level of Barcas 2009 team i am probably unpopular in saying this but Barca had Luck Real hadnt Barca wouldnt have won that Champions league in 2009 if it wasnt for very dodgy refereeing.
This is a really well made documentary, I’m sure you’ve missed a lot, I wouldn’t know, but for me, this was absolutely fantastic, you kept my attention, you spoke well and it was incredibly interesting!
mourinho was right all along with barca paying refs
2011 - 2013 was the peak of football. I don’t think we gonna see something similar ever again.
Gods the classicos were fucking awesome back then
Superb content, bro!
Left me all nostalgic.
Keep up the good work!