LA LIGA TITLE: Barcelona And Real Madrid Win Because No Competition - Jose Mourinho (See My Opinion Below)

Jose Mourinho has insisted that Real Madrid and Barcelona can stroll to the Spanish league title by only trying in "four or five matches".

The Chelsea manager won one Liga title and a Copa del Rey in his three years in charge of Madrid, during which time he took the side to the Champions League semi-finals three times in a row.

Mourinho, though, insists it is too easy to win La Liga for the top two teams in Spain, adding that they might not be able to dominate the English Premier League in the way they do their own top flight.

"I was in Spain, but I didn’t enjoy it,” he told talkSPORT.

“I won a title with a record in Spain with 100 points and 121 goals, but we only played three or four matches all season.

“I lost a title with 92 points, but again we played only four or five matches in the season.

“You feel the pressure that you have to win every match because if you don’t you will not be champions. But it is a big, big gap between the giants and the others.

“In matches in other countries you can win matches when you are resting. In Spain and in Italy, I won lots of matches resting. Games in which you can think about the European game coming up and where you can rest players.

“This season I rested a few players against Bradford and I lost against Bradford. And that is English football. You are winning 2-0 and if you concede a goal you know you are going to have hell for the last few minutes.

“This is the reality of the Premier League. It’s not just about the number of matches, it’s the intensity. And it’s not just physical intensity, you feel the intensity mentally.

“The difference between the Premier League and La Liga is huge. Would Barcelona or Real Madrid win the Premier League? Maybe yes. Maybe not."

MY OPINION

Jose Mourinho of course has the justification to say whatever he wants to say concerning la liga top club duo because he had coached Real Madrid for three seasons. However, his analysis of the Spanish league is perceived to be out of envy because he did not enjoy success as much as he wanted with regards to titles. One la liga title and one Copa del Rey meant for three years he lost two la liga titles and two Copa Del Rey titles and his archrival Bacelona won two of each titles within Mourinho’s tenure. This is a poor performance and he knows. He is saying this out of envy for Barcelona’s dominance. More so, he left the league unceremoniously. His club fans and players turned against his style of play and divide and rule system of coaching governance within the club. This sour relationship was beginning to tell on Spain’s national team as the team is dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid players. The Spanish FA and players of both clubs raised raised concern at the unfriendly atmosphere Mourinho was creating within the Spanish national team. It was not good for Spain’s football. So Mourinho had to be sacrificed for national interest. He had to leave Real Madrid and Spain.

This did not go down well with him because he had not accomplished his goal in Spain. The kind of ambitious results he had in mind when he was coming to Spain was not realized. So as typical of Mourinho, he dwells on the little achievements had and blows it beyond proportion to make the world believe he was a huge success in Spain. This is scheme to trying to shift the attention of his followers from comparing the magnitude of his boast with his minimal achievements. That he won la liga ones did not mean he ended Barcelona’s  league dominance which he claims to have done. Be reminded that in his three years at Los Blancos, Barcelona won the league title twice while he won one. That is to tell you that Barcelona still dominated the league.  He said winning la liga was too easy but he won only once. Was that easy? Besides, since he had the best team in Spain that season winning la liga with a Spanish record of 100 points and 121 goals, why did he not win the Champions League?

Mourinho said he rested a few players against Bradford and lost which when he did in Spain he still would win games. But you may bet to disagree with what I am about to say; the English Premiership is the most competitive league but on a lower level. The quality of games in the English Premiership is very poor to the European football standard and it has shown in recent times in both the Champions League and the Europa League. The English teams have not performed well in Europe in recent times. This season they did not even make it to the Semis of the Uefa Champions League whereas Spanish teams Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid have been consistent in reaching the semis and the finals of the Uefa Champions League in five to six years consecutively. At the Europa League, Spanish club Sevilla have dominated the league and are on the verge of winning the league back to back this season. I can therefore say that the English Premiership teams are performing at the level of the Valencia, Almeria, and Villareal of the Spanish La Liga which Barcelona and Real Madrid beat ‘easily’ according to Mourinho. So if Barcelona and Real Madrid were to play in the English Premiership they would be winning the league consistently.

Jose Mourinho in his trying to be insincere about the Spanish league status unknowingly revealed the truth in his heart when he made the statement, “Would Barcelona or Real Madrid win the Premier League? Maybe yes. Maybe not.". That is to say he recognizes the strong force at which Barcelona and Real Madrid play with; else, he would have chosen an outright “No”.