“You don’t need to come to the gray sofa, if I invite you it will be to eat”

There is no such thing as a doubt that Álvaro Arbeloa and José Mourinho proceed to have a spectacular relationship. Destiny needed to cross each of them once more within the Champions League playoffs previous to the spherical of 16, and that has served to change reward once more.

If within the morning the Portuguese wished Arbeloa to finish up profitable La Liga this season, the person from Salamanca reciprocated within the afternoon with a brand new launch of flowers.

Arbeloa asserted that ‘Mou’ doesn’t want to take a seat on the already well-known grey couch, which might solely invite him to eat, and he had little question that the Bernabéu will obtain the Portuguese within the second leg “with an amazing ovation.”

The keys

We all know the issue of tomorrow’s recreation, the rival, the environment that all the time exists right here and the calls for it locations on us. We’re very psyched and targeted to get the most effective out of ourselves.

Mourinho and the grey couch

If I invite you it is going to be someday to eat. You need not sit on the grey couch. We’re good associates and we want one another the most effective.

His needs for Mourinho

I all the time want José the most effective. My objective is to remove Benfica after which they’ll win every part. From there, I want him and his household all the most effective.

His percentage of blame in the team’s reaction

I don’t think in percentages. I have seen a great predisposition from the players. It is easier to be a coach than a player, because it is always easier to say what to do, rather than do it. They are the ones who have to take much of the credit and it is thanks to the effort and work of everyone.

The results come thanks to the work of the 20 or 25 players we have on the squad and who prepare each game as if it were a final. That’s why good results and good team performance are coming, but we are confident that we can go further.

The keys to Benfica

They have a leader who is the one who shows them the path of how they have to play.

We always think about winning. Our objective is not only to eliminate Benfica, our objective is to win the Champions League, so this is not revenge.

The relationship with the wardrobe

They have received me very well from the first day. We have tried to connect and in the end the goal, both mine and yours, is to win. That’s what we work for every day. I can’t ask more of you, to continue with the same attitude and the same desire that you are showing.

Mourinho surprised him in the previous match

No, I don’t think José can surprise me because I know what he is capable of. It doesn’t matter that Benfica showed up with the Youth League team, they knew the intensity they were going to put on the field and tomorrow it will be the same. I think everyone has to be very clear about what we are going to have in front of them.

The new midfield

The goal is always to be solid. It is very difficult to play football well if you are not compact and do not defend well. We have to be able to do everything, and to do everything well requires a lot of concentration and a lot of training. We have Fede, Tchouaméni and Camavinga who are doing a great job, they are three world-class players who are doing really well.

About Mbappé

He has come with us to train, and tomorrow you will see if he plays or not.

Mourinho’s return to the Bernabéu

I think they will receive him with a standing ovation because Madrid fans are aware of everything José did for Madrid, which was to give everything and a little more. I am sure you will be greeted with a standing ovation.

Camavinga and the gray sofa

Eduardo Camavinga also appeared before the media in the preview of the Champions League match. The Frenchman aims to start and seems to settle in the midfield alongside Tchouaméni and Valverde.

They also asked him if he had visited Arbeloa’s famous gray sofa: “I have gone there many times with Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa. It’s like when you enter the boss’s office. Sometimes you go because the coach likes to talk to us. With

Regarding his performance, he believes that Real Madrid has not yet seen his best version: “I think I have to do much more, I am aware. And I am capable of doing much more. I think Real Madrid has not seen a complete Camavinga.”