Clasico tomorrow, Mourinho "unfair to compare Real and Barcelona"

Real Madrid coach José Mourinho said on the eve of the Clasico that it was "unfair" to now compare his team with Barcelona, ​​the two-time reigning Spanish champions and undefeated leaders in La Liga.

"We are not yet a finished product; we are in an initial phase in which the coach learns, analyzes and defines, step by step, the path to follow, while the players get to know their coach... I think it is unfair to compare a team that is in this situation to another that has had the same coach for two years," Mourinho said in a press conference. The Portuguese coach, who returned to the Merengue bench 13 years after his first job, underlined that he had only been able to work at full capacity with the entire squad for "a month and a half or two" since his arrival in July.

Real (third in the table) will arrive at Camp Nou fresh from two 4-1 victories, against Sevilla in the league and Leipzig in the Champions League, with the aim of moving within three points of the Catalans (first), who suffered their first defeat of the season in the cup on Tuesday at the hands of PSG (4-2). "It's true that we are in a good moment: we win, we play quite well and we score but everything loses relevance in a Clasico - Mourinho specified -. I believe that those who, a week ago, thought that Barça would humiliate us, have not changed their mind", he added.

The 'Special One' recalled the historical and symbolic weight of this match: "It is a unique match, for which the world of football stops. I hope it is a great match and that we will win".

He also stated that he will not change the tactical approach to try to contain Lamine Yamal, who "is a great player, and great players respect each other. But respect is one thing; changing the structure of the team and forgetting one's identity is another. We will never do that, neither for him nor for other very talented players that we will face".