What a surprise! Pedro Pinto, a Portugese reporter, sings the praises of a Portugese coach, a Portugese forward, and a Brazilian, who are kissing cousins with the Portugese. He does it every time. If it's Portugese it must be good, is that his sporting philosophy? Look, Mourinho's a great manager, but too dour and pragmatic for a club like Real Madrid whose fans want flair to go with results. His reign will be short, possibly productive, but unsatisfying. Ronaldo can't do it all alone all season, and I don't expect him to shine nearly as brightly as he did last year because Mourinho demands a greater work rate of his players, which will reduce Ronnie's licence to roam. Kaka is shot, sell him while you can. As for looking forward to the La Liga season – why? Barca v Real is the only show in town, and even that gets boring year after year. Take off your Portugese blinkers man.

Yes..we will see ,.,,ha;lllla madrid
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I personally think Jose Mourinho is the coach,Real Madrid had made to lift them from their trophyless campaign last season!he is tactically good,disciplined and hardworking! For me Real Madrid had made the right choice cos Mourinho is truely the special one?thank you

Kaka will be amazing if they allow him to play in the middle. That was the mistake they made last year I hope Mourinho wont do the same mistake this year. In my personal view Real Madrid have always missed a very good Left Back after Roberto Carlos left the club and that's the place they need to fill. But still giving away Kaka for that matter could cause another problem since they do not have Guti any more as well.

With Mourinho, you expect trophies. It's that simple. He's won the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan and Real Madrid's major focus this year will have to be the Champions League. Being knocked-out in the round of 16 for so many times is just not good enough for a club of this calibre.

Real still need to recruit a few more players, and especially with Kaka out for 4 months, they will some more recruits to fill-in the task.

In saying that, if there was one coach to pick from, with a strong winning attitude, you can't go past Jose Mourinho. Great article Pedro.

YEARS HE CAN DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE WITH THE PLAYERS HE IS HAVEN K NOWN EVERY THING WE

GO ON WILL.KEEP THE FAITH ALIFE,GUNNERS FOR LIFE COME ON ARSENA FANS.

Mourinho will not survive with Real Madrid. He was lucky to have a President at Inter who supported him in good or bad.
The Real Madrid management will not tolerate anything from Mourinho. He will go to Manchester United next Season!!

I believe Mourinho will do his best to get Real back to it's trophy times, especially with a great players in hand.

I was a real madrid fan since i was standard one till now iam in University second year medical student. I love to see Real in the good form like in the days with Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo de lima and others.
Iam tired of seen Real losing to bacelona we want trophs and beautifully games.
I wish Real all the best in the coming season.

well i love the man very well.to me he is the most succeful coach i have seen on this planet.started from a humble to attain the zenith.all i can say is that real made a good chioce and wil advice them not to dictate to him.the specila one thats what he is really.love you mourinho.

Not sure who said it, but Real is like a rock band that only has lead guitarists. Now it's up to Mourinho to persuade some of them to play drums and keyboard. I'm not optimistic.

we can expect from real that tehy will always buying expensive players and loosing with them all the time ,just loosing,loosing,loosing;hu the poor team

i love this article......u make me laugh

nice analysis pedro, it is obvious madrid is poised for glory this season. i think what was missing last season was technical depth and organization of the team, especially at the back. and i know not think we have the right man to solve all these challenges. MADRID for life.

i think will win la liga orcope del rey. i think they may reach the champions league semi finals of they dont meet any german, italian or engalish clubs.

also real madrid need 2 buy 2 great defenders, pepe is injury prone and aprt form ramos they rest r hopeless esp drenthe who needs to sold considering a 3rd divison team like alcorn exposed him last year and la galaxy were running circles around him. if they dont bring in 2 great defnders they will be toast.

i hope next season they bring in castila players like alipio and sarabia a nd buy back rodfigo than buyin forieng players

Actually he called himself Special One once, the media just went along with it.

Madrid will not win anything.... Mourinho's Ego will destroy the team.... Luck runs out eventually....

Mourinho will deliver at real, to what extent is what I can't tell

Real will do sumthing gud dis year!!with talented young players like Canales,Khedira,Leon,Marcelo dis will b a gr8 team!!plus remember we have da best keeper in da world Casillas!!!!we also have in form striker Higuain!!Benzema will return 2 his best dis year fr sure!!!

I expect that the rivallry between Barcelona and Madrid will be bigger this year because Maurinho has a big mouth and stirs things up positively I find he is a defensive trainer not an attacker like Guardiola

l love the man very well beause he is man of his word and l hope he will be able to do something and as supportter we should be praying for them l personal like realmadrid being supporting since over 10 years l can go and back again forward ever hope to perform these season

money dont play soccer men you better tell all this tierd super stars they have to do more work for what they get paid? if i do my job like the super stars from madrid my boss will send me homeso long! i hope mourinho will kick them into action!

The ingredients for success are there now. What the team needs is reorganization especially at the back. Kaka should be played in the middle. Am looking forward to Ozil and Khedira gelling in the team.
Real for life.

the genius will prevail...he jose will emerge the best coach of this century...cant wait for the battle of the two giants...

I PERSONALLY THINK JOSEE MOURINHO WILL SUNCEED IN MADRID

Considering how well Mesut Ozil played this summer with a good supporting cast, imagine how much better he will be with a truly great supporting cast. He may not be the one scoring the goals, but he will definitely be the one setting many up. Xavi is to Barcelona what Ozil will be to Real Madrid.