Real Madrid 4 Athletic Bilbao 1
Welcome to La Liga Lunes! As you may know, Mourinho’s formidable Los Blancos defeated Bilbao 4-1 last night, despite Llorente’s opening goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, the Portuguese was also at the receiving end of jeers from the Madridista crowd, who were allegedly annoyed that he wasn’t able to pin down Barcelona earlier in the week. Que es mucho pedir…
“There is no problem, it did not happen to me at Porto, Chelsea or Inter, but there is always a first time for everything. Here, Zidane received whistles, just like Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo. Why could not I receive whistles?” – Mourinho’s post-match conference.
Meanwhile, Iker Casillas believes that the squad needs to be ‘more united’ if they want to win the title in May. Which means all that borrowing of hair wax needs to stop right now!
Meanwhile, even Barca’s substitute bench has run out of ways to celebrate Messi’s goals these days. They defeated Malaga by the same scoreline last night (4-1) and no one leapt out of their seats! You can tell Xavi and co’ expected that hat-trick! Of course, Pep chose to be modest about his star striker who has scored 22 goals in 19 appearances. He’s keeping the Argentinean in check, which is a good thing of course!
“(Messi’s) greatest virtue is his consistency. He has been playing at such a high level for a long time. These goals will help him in the games to come.” – Guardiola
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