Mourinho takes aim at LaLiga over the fixture schedule

José Mourinho has taken a swipe at LaLiga over the fixture schedule. According to El Español, the Real Madrid coach sarcastically thanked the league for scheduling the match at Mestalla on Saturday, which leaves players called up by their national teams with Sunday free. He also pointed out that his squad got back from Athens at three in the morning.

Mourinho admitted he is worried about the clash with Valencia, which he considers one of the toughest games of the league campaign. He described their coach as very hard to beat and highly experienced. To win, he insisted, his players must be fully focused.

On the suspension of the matchday after the death of Jesús de Miguel, he said only his family and colleagues can decide what he would have wanted. On Vinicius, he defended that when picking the team, the collective comes before any single player.