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In an insightful revelation, former Actual Madrid winger Angel Di Maria has spoken in regards to the ways employed by Jose Mourinho to defeat Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona throughout the intense 2010-11 Copa del Rey ultimate.
Di Maria, who was a part of a number of heated El Clasico encounters, mirrored on the distinctive technique that Mourinho used to face a dominant Barcelona facet.
Based on the Argentine, the one solution to stand an opportunity in opposition to Barcelona’s unimaginable playstyle was to match their depth by enjoying a rougher, extra aggressive recreation.
Simply hit them
He defined that it wasn’t nearly ability however about out-hustling Barcelona, pushing them bodily and maintaining with their relentless tempo. Nevertheless, this typically led to confrontations on the pitch, with gamers often clashing.
Jose Mourinho instructed Actual Madrid gamers to hit Barcelona. (Picture by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Photos)
“The one solution to beat that Barcelona was by hitting, scoring and working greater than them. And that one way or the other led to them preventing one another on the pitch,” he instructed Clank.
Di Maria admitted that, throughout these moments, he was significantly involved for Barcelona’s star, Lionel Messi, fearing that a few of the tackles may lead to critical harm.
“At instances I used to be afraid that they might injure Lionel Messi, I used to be extra anxious that nothing would occur to him than anything.”
Reminiscence of the ultimate
The ultimate at Mestalla, the place this intense match happened, was a main instance of the tough type of play. Di Maria described it as a recreation stuffed with fouls and bodily challenges, with each groups giving no quarter.
He even recalled a selected second the place he needed to foul Messi to cease a possible objective. Regardless of his respect for Messi’s expertise, Di Maria knew that stopping him in that second was important for the group’s probabilities.
Di Maria needed to injure Lionel Messi. (Picture by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Photos)
“The sport at Mestalla was very powerful, that ultimate was kick and kick. At one level I needed to kick Leo, who was going in opposition to us.
“I lifted him up and mentioned to him ‘Sorry child, but when I didn’t get you down you possibly can have scored on us’. I had no different choice. It was that approach of enjoying, it was unimaginable to cease,” he admitted.
His regretful however mandatory deal with was an emblem of the method Actual Madrid needed to undertake to deal with Barcelona’s offensive energy.
At the moment, Barcelona have been on the peak of their power, having handed Actual Madrid a 5-0 defeat within the league, only a few months earlier.
Barcelona’s superiority in these clashes appeared virtually insurmountable, however Mourinho’s tactical selections that evening at Mestalla supplied a blueprint for how you can take care of their formidable power.
