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But the mask of invincibility is slipping. The Special One is anything but this season, and currently in the midst of his worst ever campaign in the dugout.
Since his first season at Porto in 2002, where his side sat comfortably unbeaten on 51 points after 19 games, the Portuguese has always registered at least 13 wins by this stage. His best campaign came at Chelsea, in 2005/06, when after just 19 games, the club had won 17, and conceded just nine goals.
This season, Real have won 11 times, and earned just 37 points. His team have also conceded more goals (20) than at any other time in his career.
Madrid trail Barcelona by 18 points in Spanish La Liga, a gap which is almost certainly irretrievable, while off the field fans are quick to get on the manager’s back. All this despite him toppling the club’s Catalan rivals as recently as May.
Question marks over the future of Cristiano Ronaldo have hardly helped, while the decision to drop club captain — and Spain’s World Cup winning skipper — Iker Casillas backfired.
Furthermore, Mourinho is being investigated by police after allegedly kicking a fan up the backside after he took exception to an approach by a fan asking for a photograph. It is also alleged that his bodyguard threw the man’s mobile phone to the ground.
Mourinho has denied the claims which come as he struggles at the helm of the Spanish giants.
People in the game continue to turn on him as well. Speaking yesterday, Barca defender Gerard Pique revelled in his rivals demise.
“I remember when Madrid were winning, and Mourinho got away with murder,” the 25-year-old told Spanish newspaper AS. “He even came here and poked Tito (Vilanova) in the eye. How many games was he banned for that? None.
“Now Mourinho has picked on Casillas, threatened a journalist, and people are criticising him. Mourinho has always been like this, ever since he arrived. And he got away with everything.”
But how long can he keep getting away with failure? — Mailonline.
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