Florentino Pérez called elections last May 12 with the intention that they would not be held, but the move backfired and the members not only voted for the first time in twenty years, but one in three of those who voted did so to tell him that they no longer want him as president. In less than a month, Florentino has discovered that he has opposition and, despite winning the elections, he has lost the referendum. Now he will retreat to his winter quarters after appearing on El chiringuito to boast, and will leave the cameras and microphones to José Mourinho, who will be the face and voice of Real Madrid, a terrible piece of news however you look at it.
Firstly, because from a sporting point of view the Portuguese coach arrives after a new failure because he has not been able to qualify Benfica for the Champions League. Thirteen years after his first spell at the white club, Mourinho is no longer synonymous with modernity or energy, and the appeal to nostalgia for better times does not hold up: it is a fallacy produced by the Florentino propaganda machine. Mourinho only won a League, a Copa del Rey and a Super Cup with Madrid in three years; there is no other coach with such a poor record during the same period of time at the helm.
Secondly, because from a social and communicative point of view, his great achievement was to become a toxic character who poisoned the competition, provoked a bitter climate, an unbreathable atmosphere that ended up generating bad personal relationships not only between the Barça and Madrid players, but also between the white players themselves. That he now has to be the one to pacify a dressing room that is at loggerheads makes as much sense as calling a pyromaniac to put out a bonfire.
Finally, we can prepare ourselves for the hassle that will come with the referees. If the Real Madrid TV videos seemed shameful to us, it is not difficult to imagine the pressure that Mourinho will exert with the president's approval as soon as the first referee blows the whistle. Meanwhile, Florentino Pérez will dedicate himself to his machinations for the club change that he desires so much, but his plans did not include one in three members revolting against him. If the ball doesn't go in, there will be no Mourinho to save him.
