Piqué: Mourinho has disrupted relations in the Spanish national team. The players even had to make a deal to play together!

When coach José Mourinho was on the Real Madrid bench, El Clásico matches were extremely heated and often featured vicious tackles. According to Piqué, the rivalry between Spain’s top two teams carried over to the national team, where relations at the time were not ideal.

In the Mourinho era, El Clásico matches were very tough, with most of the time the interventions were over the edge. In most of these matches, a red card was shown, sometimes more than one.

According to Gerard Piqué’s statement, it was the fault of José Mourinho who negatively influenced the mindset of his charges. He literally pitted his players against everyone from Barcelona.

“Mourinho got into the heads of the Real players. He used to tell them that Barcelona players hate them. And they believed him,” Piqué confided, according to Tribuna.com.

That rivalry then destroyed relationships within the national team. “I once went to see Iker Casillas at a national team meeting to tell him what was going on. He didn’t even speak to me.”

The situation then escalated at Euro 2012. “That was the worst period. Barcelona and Real players even had to make a deal to play together,” Piqué added.

José Mourinho was Real’s coach for three years, during which he enjoyed winning the league title and the domestic cup. It should be noted that since his departure, El Clásico matches have calmed down considerably and are mostly played in the spirit of fair play.

Source: Sky Bet, Tribuna.com