On Monday's episode of El Hormiguero, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho was parodied by comedian Carlos Latre over his recent press conference following the defeat to Atletico Madrid.
This Monday, comedian Carlos Latre appeared on El Hormiguero dressed as Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. Taking advantage of the recent controversy there was, specifically last Sunday, when, after the Madrid derby ended, the Portuguese gave a quite interesting press conference focused on referee Ortiz Arias and those in charge of VAR.
"Good evening, imbeciles," the impression began. Later, he took out the same photo - in which Kang-in Lee's studs-up challenge on Federico Valverde and 'Cuti' Romero's on Jude Bellingham are shown - that Mourinho brought to the post-match press conference and continued (with a quite noticeable impression of the Portuguese accent): "I am delighted to be here at El Formigueiro. I have brought my printer. I go everywhere with my printer.
So you can see the two red cards that the bratty and inexperienced referee did not call. So, since I am also a fun person, I wanted to be here with you, and here I am on the panel; this panel, which is really not fun at all. I have seen funeral homes more fun than this panel, with these characters. Well, let's see if I add a little level, and I do not have to send anyone off tonight," he concluded.
However, Mourinho's current situation isn't as fun as this sketch was, since his team begins the international break in fourth place in LaLiga, 6 points behind Barcelona, the leader with a perfect pace so far. Kylian Mbappe has delivered with 7 goals in seven league matches, but with Vinicius Jr. currently underperforming, the team has looked somewhat limited offensively.
This was clearly seen in the first important test for the Merengues this season, when they visited Atletico de Madrid at the Metropolitano last Sunday. The Chamartín side had only three shots on goal: the header that Antonio Rüdiger scored; a powerful shot near the edge of the box by Yan Diomande after stealing a ball in the red-and-white build-up, which Jan Oblak saved; and another powerful shot from Aurélien Tchouaméni, which was deflected by the goalkeeper.
Aside from that, they couldn't create more dangerous chances. Neither the Frenchman nor the Brazilian shot on goal, which speaks to Madrid's current offense. Clearly, without detracting from the defensive work of both the Colchonero players and 'Cholo' Simeone, who completely beat Mourinho on the tactics board.
