While Kylian Mbappé justified running and pressing less than Raphinha or Ousmane Dembélé because he scores "more goals" than them, Lamine Yamal, in a public appearance at the press conference prior to the Barça-Feyenoord Champions League match, or Karim Adeyemi, in an interview with this newspaper, stated that attackers must also run. "We all have to run. If you don't run, you don't win," said the winger from Rocafonda. "We know what we have to do, and if we do it all together we are, as I have said, unstoppable, both with the ball and without it. Hansi wants this from us, so we give it our all, also in the press," assessed the German sprinter.

In 1982, José Mourinho was beginning to suspect that he would not succeed as a footballer. His dream was to score goals. But he lacked talent. On every pitch, people said about him that he was just the son of Félix, his father. A man who had played more than 10 years as a goalkeeper in the First Division, in which he had won a cup with Vitória de Setúbal and had played a match with the Portuguese national team. The father was working as a coach at the time and tried to help him. In fact, he even called him up for a Rio Ave match, an act that caused a fight with the president, who accused the father of wanting to nepotistically slot in a son without talent. The fight was so notorious that both the father and the son ended up being fired. To understand José Mourinho's mind, one must understand the wounds, defeats, and frustrations that he carried for many years.

The performance of Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias in the Madrid derby will have consequences. The choice of a referee born in Madrid to officiate the duel between Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid was a bet by the Referee Committee with the goal of validating the elimination of the territoriality criterion.

I suspect that the stands of the Camp Nou will not take long to chant "Mourinho, stay" with an effervescence similar to the one with which they already sing "Raphinha, captain". It will not surprise me, to be honest, because the new stage of the Portuguese coach at Real Madrid looks like it will end fatally. Fourth in the standings, six points behind Barça after seven matchdays played, without a game, soul, footballing solutions or self-criticism and already pointing to malevolent conspiracies in the shadows, it sounds like an unbeatable path to crashing into the ravine just as it begins. And there is already a date for the show: on October 25th at nine o'clock at night, Mourinho's Madrid visits the Camp Nou.

José Mourinho's Real Madrid began the season with an agonizing victory on the field of Espanyol, in stoppage time. After two routs against Real Sociedad and Málaga, they suffered their first defeat on the field of Betis and struggled to beat Inter, by the minimum, in the Champions League debut. They returned to rout against Rayo, but later achieved a new triumph at the buzzer on the field of Elche, in stoppage time. Too many doubts against inferior rivals, both in individual quality and budget. Finally, against a top-level rival, they added the second defeat of the campaign in the derby on the field of Atlético de Madrid. Leaving aside the refereeing controversy, the numbers say that the white club is six points behind Barça in the League and has worse numbers than last season: Xabi Alonso had achieved 18 points. Mou has 15.

Real Madrid has lost the derby against Atlético de Madrid (2-1) and is now six points behind Barça. The whites played the entire second half with ten players due to the expulsion of Huijsen, who committed a penalty on Giuliano Simeone. José Mourinho, however, complained about two red cards that Atlético de Madrid players did not receive. "The story of the match is here, these are two clear red cards," said the Portuguese coach at the beginning of the press conference while showing a paper on which two actions of the match could be seen. The Real Madrid coach protested about two tackles; one by Kang-in Lee and a second one by Cuti Romero on Bellingham, in which Ortiz Arias showed a yellow card to the Argentine center-back after reviewing the play on VAR due to a case of mistaken identity.

In Madrid, they are debating the exact reasons why the fans are whistling the team. At the Bernabéu, whistles were heard when Inter scored in the Champions League, and there was also noise directed at Vinícius and Mbappé. I have a theory, in case it is of any use to them.

Tragic night for Real Madrid at Betis' stadium, where they suffered their first defeat of the season. In a very heated match, Mbappé missed a penalty in the final seconds that the Madrid supporters demanded be retaken because a local player had allegedly entered the area (1-0). The Frenchman did not have his day, as in the first half he would miss an opportunity almost at an empty goal, and when he could have avoided defeat, he would run into a great Álvaro Vallés on the penalty kick.

"José Mourinho is the only coach who has earned Florentino's respect". The phrase is often commented on in hallway conversations in Madrid whenever there are problems with the current coach of the white club. And it is that, despite the fact that the Portuguese's record during his time at the Bernabéu was relatively scarce – one League, one Cup and one Super Cup in three seasons – he was one of the few who dared to confront the president and refuse to make the lineups they wanted from the box.

Real Madrid won the first leg of the first leg of the play-off Real Madrid secured a Champions League victory at Benfica's stadium thanks to a brilliant goal from Vinícius (0-1). The Brazilian was once again the center of attention, both for his skill and the controversy that usually surrounds him. After scoring the opening goal in the 50th minute, he went to celebrate in the corner with his usual exuberance, prompting criticism from Benfica fans. It was at that moment that Vinícius reported a racist insult from Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni, which immediately triggered the anti-racism protocol and forced the match to be stopped for almost 10 minutes. According to Vinícius, the Benfica player hurled a racist insult at him while he was celebrating the goal in front of the stands, although the Argentine covered his mouth with his shirt. Prestianni, however, vehemently denied the allegations and claimed he had received threats from Real Madrid players. Mbappé backed up his teammate's version of events after the match: "I've seen him call Vinícius a 'monkey' five times. He's a racist, he doesn't deserve to ever play in the Champions League again," he exclaimed.