Football: Mourinho blasts Di Stefano

VALENCIA: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has responded to criticism of his tactics from honorary club president Alfredo Di Stefano by pointing out he is the one who makes the decisions about the way the team plays. Di Stefano made scathing remarks about Mourinho’s strategy of instructing his players to sit back against Barcelona in Saturday’s 1-1 La Liga draw at the Bernabeu and try to catch the league leaders on the break. “He is one of the most significant people in the history but I am the coach and the coach is the one who decides.”



Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2011.