Dangerous confession from Mourinho from Tottenham's locker room
Spurs coach Jose Mourinho admitted that his team's locker rooms are divided by "selfish" players and agents of players who have direct ties to the press.
Mourinho’s fiery statement to Sky Sports came after his team’s victory, Sunday, against Aston Villa, with a clean double in a postponed match from Round 18.
He considered this victory a response to the humiliating elimination of the price of the European League final, “Europa League,” against Dynamo Zagreb, who He reversed his 0-2 loss, back to a 3-0 win.
The captain of the French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris harshly criticized the club's culture during an interview with him after Wednesday's loss in Croatia, pointing the finger at senior players in the team who did not show their full commitment.
Mourinho seemed to agree with this statement, saying that it is difficult to maintain harmony in the dressing rooms in the current era of the game. The agents and the press are there. "
"Instead of developing the team feeling, sympathy, I do for you and you do for me .. I win if I play 90 minutes, I win if I am in the stands."
The Portuguese coach stressed that these words need time to be translated in the group, stressing that in the current period, "you need time, because society and the psychological profile of young players are not easy."
Mourinho, who made many changes to his squad in front of Aston Villa, seemed happy with the reaction of his players, leaving the sixth-placed London club with 48 points, just 3 points behind Chelsea, the last of the qualifying places for the Champions League competition.
And he added, "I am very happy with the result, the performance and the behavior," but he returned to confirm that he was not happy "from the feeling that what happened this evening, why did not happen 48 hours ago? Wednesday's match (against Dynamo Zagreb) will remain a scar for a long time."
"It will not be cured once we won, but the credit for that belongs to the players. They were a team and they fought together. They put in the match honesty, and that dignity that footballers have to show in every match," he concluded.
In turn, Brazilian striker Lucas Mora said that the North London players behind their coach, "we will lose together and win together."
"What happened in Croatia was because of our mistakes. We trust the coach because we forgive his history. We just want to be successful."
And he added, "We have 9 matches remaining, a final, so let's have a good season. Solutions between the top four are possible, of course. We will fight to the end and give everything."
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