Remember this? Jose Mourinho told two of his players to waste time while leading 4-0 against Ajax so they can pick up the extra yellow cards they “needed” to not miss the first knockout stage match against Lyon. The criticism (including from us) was wide and harsh, a common thing anytmie Mourinho steps out of line. Eventually, he got a one match touchline ban, a fine while Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso got fined as well.
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Real Madrid lost yesterday to Sportig Gijon at the Bernabeu. His first home defeat in over nine years. Some say it was witchcraft that had to do with Shakira, who had her music banned at the Bernabeu after declaring that Gerard Pique is now her man. It was probably just another case of a bad night from Real, plus bad refereeing plus an unfair schedule. That’s what Mourinho usually likes to say. Maybe the pressue has gotten to him too many times and hurt his match preparation. That’s what happens when you spend too much time looking at Barcelona and not your own team.
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Again, I digressed to Mourinho bashing. This time it’s Pep and Barcelona who deserve it. Last night Barcelona won a very tough match against Villareal, with Pique scoring the winner (witchcraft?!), only his second league goal this season. Now Barca have an 8 point lead. The event we’re referring to happened during the closing moments of the match. Victor Valdes (saved Barcelona yesterday) and Sergio Busquets took a lenghty amount of time to get a goal kick on the way. One can say they were wasting time so Barcelona will come up with the hard earned victory on a tough ground.
A closer inspection, including Guardiola’s body langauge and singles, will tell you that the two were carrying yellow cards. Getting another one last night meant they’ll miss the next game but be ready for the El Clasico at the Bernabeu. A trick from the Mourinho bag. Barcelona are sometimes presented and precieved as the antithesis to Real Madrid – being pure and soley about playing attractive footy all time time. I guess this was a prime example of how you can learn a few from a team that’s inferior when it suits you. I hope that Barcelona and Guardiola get the same, if not a harsher, punishment that Mourinho received.
I also wonder if Shakira will show up for the match.
4 responses to “Guardiola and Barcelona Learn Bad Habits From Jose Mourinho”
a few things.
1) shakira was played at the bernabéu yesterday before the match. just by the way.
2) shakira is a real madrid fan c:
3) pep won’t get into any trouble at all. neither will valdes or busquets. no one will even talk about it.
4) nor will they talk about the fact that pique scored from a pass that he caught with his hand.
5) mourinho shook his players hands when they left the pitch, he shook sporting’s players hands as well as the referees. he also went into the sporting dressing room and congratulated them and preciado for their victory.
6) he also didn’t make any excuses for the loss.
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330051482871/noticia/Noticia/Mourinho:__Football_is_a_game_and,_as_such,_it_is_unpredictable_.htm
just needed to get that out there. and mourinho is not focused on barcelona. the spanish press are, the journalists who ask him questions are, but real madrid is not and neither is mourinho.
but i agree with you that pep &co. need to be punished. and i bet you anything that anyone who defends him/barcelona in this case were also the ones condemning mourinho/real madrid after the ajax match. i don’t agree with it in any situation, but it’s the exact same thing. we’ll see if any team really does get special treatment, won’t we?
I find it odd that a goal keeper can collect so many yellow cards in a season?!? Back to my point.
Both teams shouldn’t have done what they did but this just shows that there is blatant favoritism and double standard between Barcelona and Real Madrid. I doubt Valdes and Busquets will get fined and there has been hardly any press about it. Unlike what happened to Ramos and Alonso and yes i agree they should have been punished. Also the comments made by Barcelona President Rosell saying that Barca will beat Madrid 5-0 in the Copa del Rey to keep the tradition alive had a few ears turned but not many. If it were not for Pep i doubt Rosell would have even issued an apology. As a Real Madrid supporter let me just say i really didn’t care that he made those comments but i know if anyone from Real Madrid made those comments all chaos would have ensued.
Example number #2, anyone who believes that Real Madrid banned playing any Shakira songs in their stadium is ludicrous. I laughed when i read that “story” but then i saw some people believed it. Scary! Just so you all know Loca Loca Loca was played at Bernabeu on Saturday…oh wait maybe that’s why they lost?! See how stupid these things are??
It would be amazing if all clubs would be treated the same who knows maybe La Liga would even see more contenders then just two power houses trying to prove who is better?? Ego…you gotta love it!
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