MADRID.- The coach of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinhoconsidered this Friday that the final of the 2030 World Cup, co-organized by Spain, Portugal and Moroccomust be played in the stadium Santiago Bernabéualthough he would like it to “be in Lisbon“.
“One thing is where it should (be played) and another thing is where I would like it,” Mourinho said with a smile at the press conference prior to the match. LaLiga against him Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
“I would like the final to be in Lisbon, but I am already happy that a country like ours has a World Cup match,” said the Setubal at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
“If you can play in a mythical, historic stadium, where some of the best players in history played, the stadium of the most important club in the history of football, I think it should be here,” he said.
Mourinho insisted that his opinion has nothing to do with him being Real Madrid coach, “if I were Real Madrid coach Benfica I would tell you exactly the same thing.”
Spain, Morocco and Portugal will organize the 2030 World Cup with three opening matches in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguayon the centenary of this competition.
The FIFA The venues that will host the different matches have not yet been announced.
Support for Vini
The coach of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinhoinsisted this Friday that the best version of Vinicius “it’s going to come,” before stating that it “makes him sad” that the team’s fans whistle at its players.
“Last year against Benfica (in the Champions League) he Santiago Bernabéu “I was scared and he finished the tie alone,” Mourinho recalled at a press conference.
“I want the best from Vinicius and the best will come,” said the Portuguese coach, in the preview of the match on the fifth day of LaLiga against him Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
Mourinho insisted that Vinicius is still not the man who decides games, but “he works harder than ever.”
In a time when everything is measured, the Portuguese coach stated that “the data is very objective: he is very close to his maximum speed, number of balls, record, number of balls recovered in the defensive third, record.”
“His best image is coming,” he said, resorting to a Portuguese proverb to explain why some of the fans demand of him.
“You only throw stones at trees that have fruit,” explained ‘Mou’, specifying that Vinicius, with everything he has achieved at Real Madrid, “is a tree with a lot of fruit and people throw stones because they want fruit.”
