Article
28 August 2011
Alberto Navarro (Zaragoza) / Translation by Michael J. O'Donnell
Jose Mourinho analysed his team's 6-0 victory in Zaragoza for the media.
"Real Madrid have to play well in order to win. This large difference on the score means we played a great game. But I can't ignore the reality of the match, which was that Aguirre experienced difficulties coming up with a team because he missed four important players: Braulio is very good, Ruben Micael has a quality the team doesn't, and I know Mateos and Juan Carlos very well because they were in our academy. Real Madrid played a serious and solid game. A match is generally over for any side when it loses 2-0 by half-time and concedes a third strike at the start of the second half. We earned this result because we were excited to the very last minute."
"Real Madrid has started the season with a victory when it did so with a draw last year. We will try to take more points this campaign. It's important for our strilkers to score because their joy depends on that. We make an overall analysis of the match: we won this year and last season we only took one point."
"Zaragoza have signed ten new players. They'll need time to adapt and come together as a team. The core of my team is the same it was last year. It's difficult for them to face Real Madrid in those conditions. They deserved their victory against us last year and we concentrated harder today. I think the championship will really start for them next week. They will face a diffierent opponent with men who couldn't play tonight."