Back as Controversial Spokesman: Mourinho Sends Warning to Barcelona

Mourinho took two months to make his next move and position himself as a Real Madrid spokesman.

According to "Verzeh Se", in a club where a single voice is not heard from the officials, the head coach has become a tool to express the views of the club.

Carlo Ancelotti played the same role in his second term, with his calm style and calculated criticism. At that time, the Negira case was raised. Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa were unsuccessful in this role, one due to lack and the other due to excess. And now Mourinho is resuming a role he previously held between 2010 and 2013, when he sometimes protested his loneliness as the club's only voice.

After two months of measured and calculated answers, and creating space for dialogue, the press conference at the Olimpico (Rome's stadium) addressed the issue of referees. After the derby, it became more serious. The 63-year-old Mourinho protested the way Vinicius's punishment was announced, as well as the games in Athens on November 4 and in Mestalla on November 7. What used to be hinted at, such as pointing out that the designated referee is decided weeks before the game rather than 24 hours in advance, became direct criticism.

"Real Madrid fans are not stupid and I want to speak so they can see what is happening," he said in Rome. It is a request from the Bernabeu to show that he is on the same page as his manager, as we saw against Villarreal. Sunday's game, against Sevilla, will be another pressure field against referees, La Liga and the federation.

This role of club spokesperson is not new for Mourinho. He has played this role at all the clubs he has been at, from his brief spell at Benfica to before Real Madrid, and at Fenerbahçe. Wherever he's been, he's held major news conferences and clashed with his rivals and various institutions, and it's been the subject of media coverage for weeks.

In Rome, Mourinho went deep into Negira's case. Without speaking directly, he expressed his opinion that Barcelona deserved a sporting penalty. And to that end, he pointed to Italy and the fall of Juventus in 2006: “I just say one thing, congratulations to the Italians, you know why? Because they are the only country where a "calchopoly" was a true "calchopoly". Because in Spain what happened, and everyone knows what happened, and it still doesn't look very good. To date, nothing has happened. Nothing has happened. "If nothing happened, this might be the biggest corruption scandal in the world." We don't need to be Einstein to know what this criticism means.

El Clasico will be held in the next ten days. Mourinho has taken a step forward in his speech. He is not one of those who backs down and takes back his words. High tension is guaranteed for Real Madrid at Camp Nou.