AEK 2-3 Real Madrid - English Dub Post-Match Press Conference UEFA Champions League - Jose Mourinho

[0:04] What do you think of the match? [0:12] Are you satisfied with what you've seen on the pitch today? [0:16] Yes, very satisfied. [0:18] Obviously, yes. [0:21] But we've played against a very difficult team, [0:26] a team that has played very well, that has played better than ever. [0:31] Of all the matches we analyzed, [0:34] they didn't come anywhere near this performance they had. [0:37] From the first minute, very well organized, [0:42] pressing very well, compacting very well at the back. [0:47] Direct play, Jovic, an extraordinary match, as a reference. [0:51] People with legs, with intensity to get in behind. [0:56] They are the ones responsible for us not having made the perfect match. [1:02] It's them. They made a great match. [1:03] We, within the difficulty, were always in the match. [1:07] At the two critical moments, which are 1-0 and 2-1, [1:10] we knew how to react. [1:12] We knew how to show personality, belief in going after the result. [1:16] And then the goal in the last minute, a broken match. [1:19] A match with two teams that wanted to win. [1:22] And the team with more individual quality won, [1:26] where a player pulled out that fantastic goal. [1:30] I wanted to ask you about Endrick. [1:35] Whenever you bring him on in the second half with the result against you, [1:38] and both times, the one in Roma and today's, playing on the right, [1:42] he plays great matches and puts the team back in the game. [1:46] The bench players who play less but are just as involved, [1:49] it especially infuriates you that he can't play a bit more. [1:53] And I'd like you to assess his match today. [1:55] Yes, it infuriates me, all those who aren't playing, [2:04] because they all deserve to play. [2:06] And the proof that I'm not talking nonsense [2:08] is how those who normally don't play, play. [2:14] Today, even Militant, where we did take a small risk [2:18] in starting him after so long. [2:21] Even Militant, with a start a little more difficult [2:24] in picking up the intensity and rhythm of the match, [2:29] afterwards stabilized and played a very, very good match. [2:33] Endrick has this capacity. [2:34] I think it's dramatic for a fullback [2:37] after playing an hour against someone of quality. [2:41] After seeing Endrick, I think it's truly complicated. [2:46] But as I say, there are many coaches [2:48] who must look at me with a lot of healthy envy, [2:51] because when I have problems, I look at the bench, [2:54] and I have so many options. [2:56] At 2-1, I was going to make three changes. [2:59] Then we make 2-2, and I no longer make those changes. [3:02] I make other different changes. [3:05] I have a squad of enormous quality, [3:07] and as long as they want to work only for the team, [3:10] forgetting personal situations [3:12] and being available to give 90 minutes, [3:16] one minute, or zero minutes, the squad is very strong. [3:19] And okay, we have 12 points. [3:21] I think we are qualified, [3:23] and now it's about not playing the playoff, [3:27] saving ourselves two matches, [3:29] because we have so many to play. [3:31] So we have to get what's missing. [3:34] I don't know, seven points, eight points, [3:36] something like that. [3:37] We have to get them. [3:40] About Vinicius' match, [3:42] which has again caused Diomande to switch wings. [3:44] I'd like you to analyze Vinicius' match, [3:48] and whether, from the outside, [3:49] it gave the impression that you wanted to keep him on the pitch for many minutes, [3:53] not thinking about today's match, [3:55] but thinking about getting him back for the week, [3:58] or for the rest of the season. [4:01] Vinicius hasn't caused anything. [4:03] Diomande comes to Real Madrid [4:04] more to be a player who can play on both wings [4:10] than properly to be a one-wing player. [4:13] And Diomande doesn't care at all. [4:15] He plays with different characteristics, [4:17] but right, left, nothing changes. [4:22] I think Vinicius had a very acceptable match, [4:24] not an extraordinary match, [4:26] but the team didn't have an extraordinary match. [4:29] The team had a difficult, serious match, [4:34] but not an extraordinary one. [4:36] And Vinicius, in that line, [4:38] delivered very well. [4:39] Obviously, when it comes to making a change in a match [4:45] with an unknown result, [4:48] I have to think about the result. [4:52] But at the same time, [4:53] I also have to think a little about Valencia. [4:55] And obviously, taking off Diomande and not Vinicius, [4:59] taking off Bernardo and not Camavinga [5:02] is because Chouameni will play in Valencia. [5:05] In making these changes, [5:06] I was also thinking about the match we have on Saturday. [5:09] The team has won, or come back, [5:12] in the 90th minute at Cornaia, [5:15] in the 91st at Elche, [5:17] the 90th in Roma, [5:19] the 87th in the Clásico, [5:21] and today in the 91st. [5:23] Has Madrid recovered the faith that seemed lost [5:26] after some months in which it wasn't managing [5:28] to win in the last minutes? [5:31] We won in the last minute, [5:33] in the first match of the season, [5:34] in the first match. [5:36] It's not something we've achieved only now. [5:40] Obviously, I prefer winning easily. [5:42] I prefer winning, like, in Santander, [5:44] 3-0 at halftime. [5:47] But it gives you a fantastic feeling [5:49] when matches are won at the end. [5:52] When you win at the end, [5:54] there's always the feeling, [5:55] OK, luck. [5:57] But luck is when things happen in contradiction [5:59] to the direction of the match. [6:03] This match, in the last minutes, [6:05] only we could win. [6:07] And at 2-2, [6:09] I put in Carlos Espy [6:10] and play with the two attackers [6:12] plus two wide wingers, [6:13] one on each side. [6:14] We also, I don't know how to use [6:17] an expression without you, [6:18] but we have them in the place, too, [6:21] when it comes to doing it, no? [6:23] And if we do it, [6:25] we do it because we all feel we can do it. [6:27] The players have courage. [6:29] The people who come on [6:30] make a great contribution. [6:32] On this left side, [6:33] Carreras and Brahim [6:34] were important in the match [6:37] in the last 10 minutes. [6:41] The change of Vinicius and Cucurella, [6:43] Cucurella on a yellow card, [6:45] Vinicius tired for Brahim and Carreras. [6:48] Carreras won a couple of corners. [6:51] Brahim came inside, [6:52] assisted inside. [6:54] I'm very lucky. [6:55] I'm very lucky to have a squad of this quality [6:57] with players of this quality. [6:59] I'm very lucky. [7:02] I wanted to ask you about Bellingham. [7:04] He has again made a monumental match, [7:07] especially in the first hour of the game. [7:09] Do you think he's at his best moment [7:11] since you arrived? [7:13] Since I arrived, [7:14] that he's good. [7:15] He's a unique player, I think. [7:20] There isn't in the world of football today [7:22] a midfield player like Jude [7:23] who is complete at all levels. [7:27] I don't have many words [7:29] because for me, [7:31] he's an absolutely extraordinary player. [7:33] And even when one day [7:35] Jude doesn't make one of those great matches, [7:40] the kind that leave you [7:41] open-mouthed in amazement, [7:44] he always has work. [7:45] He always has leadership. [7:46] He always has ambition. [7:51] He always has quality. [7:53] He always has a rival at goal. [7:55] He's an extraordinary player. [7:57] I repeat, [7:57] I'm very lucky to have a squad of this level. [7:59] This morning, [8:02] I don't know if you know, [8:04] Tiempo de Revision, [8:06] the TV segment [8:06] where referees go over the weekend's decisions, [8:09] has communicated the plays [8:11] of the last match day. [8:12] And it has talked about Mbappe's action, [8:15] Mbappe's penalty the other day in Santander, [8:17] and it said that was a refereeing error. [8:19] I wanted to ask you [8:21] whether you think that penalty [8:23] was a refereeing error. [8:25] What seems to me is that [8:27] it's a situation [8:31] that has no consequence in points. [8:33] It's a match where [8:34] if we don't have that penalty, [8:38] we win just the same, [8:39] three, four, five. [8:41] It's a match where the feeling was [8:43] if we need to score more, [8:44] we score more. [8:45] It's the feeling that [8:46] in the second half, [8:49] the team didn't want more. [8:51] And it's not that [8:52] we're talking about a match [8:53] like we've had some in this league [8:56] where things that happened [8:59] had a decisive influence [9:00] on the result of the match. [9:02] We're talking about [9:04] a little penalty, I confess. [9:06] It's the kind of penalty [9:07] where, for me, [9:09] the referee gives it thinking [9:12] 100% that it's a penalty [9:15] because of the magnitude of the action. [9:18] For me, it's a penalty, [9:19] but I tell you [9:19] if they whistle it against me, [9:21] I'm not happy. [9:23] And from there, [9:24] we can already see [9:25] that it's a penalty, [9:27] a little penalty. [9:28] But we're talking about [9:30] a match that has no story. [9:32] What are we talking about? [9:33] About a match [9:34] where we could have scored five [9:36] and we had a penalty [9:38] that creates some kind of doubt. [9:41] Careful, [9:42] because there are matches [9:43] in this championship [9:44] where penalties, [9:46] decisions, [9:47] red cards [9:48] have a great impact [9:50] on the result. [9:51] This impact, zero. [9:53] Forgive me for stepping [9:56] out of the match, [9:57] but this morning [9:58] it became known [9:59] that Madrid is going to appoint, [10:01] pending approval [10:01] by the delegate members, [10:03] Rafa Nadal [10:04] as a member [10:04] of the board of directors. [10:06] What do you think [10:07] as one of the club's spokespeople? [10:09] Chapeau. [10:12] Chapeau to Real Madrid [10:13] and chapeau [10:18] to the great Rafa Nadal. [10:23] I think it is what it is. [10:25] He's a great Madridista [10:26] and obviously [10:27] to be on the board [10:28] of Real Madrid [10:29] you have to be [10:30] a great Madridista. [10:32] But besides this, [10:34] Rafa Nadal [10:34] is Rafa Nadal. [10:36] Rafa Nadal [10:37] is Rafa Nadal. [10:39] And I tell you, [10:39] as coach of Real Madrid, [10:41] I feel a very great pride [10:43] in having Rafa Nadal with us. [10:46] A very great pride. [10:48] And I think [10:48] every Madridista [10:49] will think [10:50] exactly the same. [10:51] The only thing I hope [10:52] with a bit of a joke [10:54] is that fans of other clubs [10:57] who love Rafa Nadal [10:58] don't stop loving him [11:00] because he's now [11:01] going to wear [11:01] the Madrid shirt. [11:05] There you analyzed [11:06] Vinicius' match. [11:08] I want to ask you, [11:09] in general, [11:10] you've spent many years [11:11] on the benches [11:12] dealing with stars, [11:13] this kind of player. [11:15] With Vinicius, [11:16] do you need to use [11:17] the left hand more [11:18] or the right hand? [11:23] I use, [11:24] which is the left? [11:26] Is it the good one [11:27] or the bad one? [11:28] The hard one? [11:31] Is the right the hard one? [11:35] Which is the soft one? [11:36] So, [11:39] it doesn't matter [11:39] whether it's right or left. [11:41] It doesn't matter. [11:44] I'd say that [11:45] I am trying to imagine [11:48] a bit of a percentage here. [11:52] The soft one is the right. [11:53] I'd say, [11:54] until now, [11:56] 80% with the right [11:58] and 20% with the left. [12:02] More or less. [12:03] More or less around there. [12:05] You talk a lot [12:09] and insist a lot [12:10] on the calendar. [12:11] How important [12:12] the calendar is, no? [12:13] For example, [12:14] you don't like [12:15] that the match [12:16] will be played [12:16] on Saturday [12:17] in Valencia [12:17] instead of Sunday. [12:19] To what extent [12:20] or how is the team physically? [12:23] That is, [12:23] does having one day less [12:25] have a big impact? [12:26] And is the team feeling it? [12:28] Or did it feel today, [12:29] for example, [12:30] that perhaps [12:31] very compressed calendar [12:32] that it's having? [12:35] Look, [12:36] we changed five players [12:37] from Sunday to today. [12:39] We changed five players. [12:42] And from today [12:43] to Saturday, [12:45] obviously, [12:45] we're going to change, [12:47] I don't know, [12:47] four or five. [12:48] Dean, [12:49] Konate, [12:50] Chouameni, [12:52] Arda, [12:52] four players [12:53] were going to change. [12:55] Because it's very hard, [12:57] it's very hard [12:58] to do it [12:58] with only two days [12:59] and mainly [13:02] with two days [13:03] and away matches, [13:04] having to travel. [13:05] Obviously, [13:05] it's very hard, [13:06] but that's it. [13:09] Is there any [13:09] AEK player [13:10] in particular [13:11] who impressed you [13:12] the most today? [13:13] And a comment [13:14] also on the atmosphere [13:15] that the AEK fans [13:17] created tonight. [13:18] Extraordinary atmosphere. [13:22] Very similar [13:24] to the Turkish [13:25] atmospheres [13:26] that I know. [13:31] The stadium [13:32] plays a lot [13:32] and that's why [13:35] Greek teams, [13:35] when they go away, [13:39] have more difficulties, [13:40] have results [13:41] inferior to those [13:42] they have at home. [13:44] And because the fans [13:45] played their part, [13:47] that's why they gave us [13:48] an extraordinary match. [13:50] AEK players, [13:51] honestly, [13:53] during a match, [13:54] I don't have time. [13:55] If I have to choose [13:56] someone who deserves me, [13:57] talking about him, [13:59] it's the coach. [14:00] Because the team [14:01] played differently [14:02] from how it usually plays. [14:04] They positioned [14:04] themselves differently. [14:06] He played with Gravion, [14:08] I think that's [14:09] the kid's name, [14:11] in a position [14:12] different from Vargas. [14:15] They defended well, [14:16] they counter-attacked well, [14:17] they weren't afraid, [14:19] they had aggression. [14:20] If I have to [14:21] praise someone's work, [14:22] I go in the direction [14:24] of the coach.