Jose Mourinho is one of the most colorful figures in sports, but he’s also renowned as one of the best soccer coaches breathing. So when Real Madrid brought him on, the club and its fans thought they were getting a legend, or at least someone whose squad wouldn’t tie Real Mallorca 0-0 in the first La Liga match of the season.
Jose Mourinho On Real Madrid’s Slow Start: ‘I’m Not Harry Potter, Magic Is Fiction’
↵But Mourinho, being Mourinho, decided that disabusing the world of the notion that success will come immediately also required invoking one of the world’s most-loved fictional characters.
↵“Look, I’m a coach, I’m not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.”↵Mourinho went on to explain that Real Madrid’s new transfers, including Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Ozil, need time to train together and gel, and that early draws haven’t prevented his FC Porto and Inter Milan squads from claiming trophies, which all makes sense. But I’m glad he cleared up that bit about magic not being real. I can just forget that talk about Voldemort coaching the U.S. national team, right?
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