Among the new appearances for Real Madrid against Schalke was a black eye for Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese coach sported a nasty bruise under his right eye in the 3-0 win away in Germany.
Journalists immediately buzzed about what could’ve happened, but club sources quickly cleared up the matter.
Jose Mourinho’s black eye explained
They told multiple outlets that Mourinho was hit by a ball during a training session.
He was wearing sunglasses when the impact happened, explaining the positioning of the bruise.
Mourinho still took the game as normal against Schalke, and spoke to Real Madrid TV afterwards.
Mourinho praises his team
“At this moment, it’s difficult to talk about individual players, because we’re growing as a team,” he said.
“We only have good, very good, and extremely good players here.
“From the combined efforts of these players, we have to create a very good team. I think we’re taking the right steps to do so.
“I’m very happy with the latest arrivals. It’s not easy to get into a high-intensity environment, with double sessions morning and afternoon, incredible heat, and they arrived with a top-notch mentality.
“The issue of 45 minutes for Kylian (Mbappé), for Konaté, 30 for Jude (Bellingham), Cucurella, Diomande – these are things we analysed scientifically with the data we have and with the players’ own experience and knowledge of their bodies. We’ve arrived in very acceptable condition for this point in the season.”
He added on the 3-0 win: “It was positive for the team, positive for each player.
“There are players who arrived later and don’t yet have the same intensity as those who started on the first day.
“Those who started on the first day have had 30 training sessions and six matches, while those who arrived now have had three or four.
“There’s a difference in pace, but tactically the ideas are gradually taking shape.
“The players are of incredible quality. They’re working very well as a team, with and without the ball.
“It was a very good test, a very good final training session before the real work begins, which is competing for real, fighting for points. That’s what we like.
“We’re all here. The players are excited. If they weren’t, we’d have a problem. They’re showing they are.
“Small details make a big difference: people who were supposed to show up one day are arriving early, those who are arriving on the last day have prepared very well individually. We’re playing as a team; there’s empathy and teamwork. The team is starting to look like a team.”
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