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Mourinho’s plan comes together as Real Madrid relaunch with clásico statement | Sid Lowe

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It was just like old times as José Mourinho ended a night at the Camp Nou with a knee slide and three points José Mourinho had already done the por qué?, the printout and the press conference no-show in under

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José Mourinho had already done the por qué?, the printout and the press conference no-show in under 100 days. Now he’s done a knee slide too, and in the perfect place: back where it all began and where it can all begin again.

When Kylian Mbappé scored the first in the clásico on Sunday night, Real Madrid’s manager hardly moved, sitting in the shadow of the bench, but when the striker got the second to win it with time running out, that was different.

Mourinho leapt into the light, throwing himself to the grass, the knees of a 63-year-old’s trousers muddy as a schoolboy’s, stuck his tongue out and pumped his fists.

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