More Madrid Backlash (sorry, quote wouldn´t let me enter it)

Ángel Cappa (Jorge Valdano's assistant during his time as Real Madrid coach between 1994 and 1996) has berated the current Madrid side for their elimination in this week's Champions League semi-final. Cappa was particularly severe with José Mourinho for his management of the team. "Borussia, Bayern and Barcelona all play with an idea in mind, Madrid don't. They don't play football", he told Catalan radio this week.

"If Mourinho leaves, it won't hurt Real Madrid, it won't mean a thing. The only thing he has brought to the team has been in training but out on the pitch? Nothing, zero. Any team is capable of playing better than Real Madrid. The only reason they have won anything is because they have a couple of first-class players - they don't win because they play decent football. Any team at regional level can play on the counter-attack; it's a basic for every team. Even if they replaced Mou with the local butcher, the team would still play the same. Madrid won't notice if he goes, it doesn't matter, it won't make any difference", Cappa added.

In contrast to Madrid, according to Cappa, Barcelona bowed out of the competition "with dignity", as he continued, "When it's your turn to lose, you have to take it like Barça did. They were exemplary".