Real Madrid Could’ve Lost Against Elche – Mourinho

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has admitted that he threw caution to the wind to secure a dramatic 3-2 victory over Elche. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Stressing that he had to deploy an incredibly aggressive formation to snatch the three points, Mourinho confessed that it was risky to load the pitch with six forwards in search of a late equalizer.

Hailing his match-winner, Jose recognised Espi’s growing influence in the team, adding that the striker’s reduced game time is down to Mbappe’s genius.

His words, “With the changes at the end, I risked everything.

We won, but we could have lost. We had to do it, because a draw isn’t enough.

[Espí] is doing well, making an important contribution to the team.

He has a problem in front of him, which is a player who isn’t a normal player [Mbappe], and playing with both together isn’t easy.

In games that seem like they’re done, we have three, four, five chances to kill it, and we don’t.

We didn’t score, we didn’t finish it with the 3 or 4-0. When it seems easy, you leave things like that, away from home at these stadiums.

They get a goal and it’s an open game. The good thing is that in difficulty, the team reacts and wins.

The good thing is that nobody gets bored in Real Madrid games. They’re really fun!”