MOURINHO IS BACK TO SHOW THEM HOW ITS DONE

MOURINHO IS BACK TO SHOW THEM HOW ITS DONE

Story by Danso Kwasi Prince

Thirteen years after he walked out of the Bernabeu divided and controversial, Jose Mourinho is back to he’s old club.

Real Madrid appointed Jose Mourinho as head coach on June 11, 2026 on a three-year deal until June 30, 2029, in a sensational return to the Spanish capital. The 63-year-old Jose Mourinho replaces Alvaro Arbeloa after Madrid finished a second consecutive season without a major trophy.
An offer of €15 million was made to get him from Benfica, where he had just completed an unbeaten league campaign.

Murinho is here to safe Madrid Because Madrid was in chaos. Fans were jeering the team, and coaches could not find a way to deploy Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham together. Perez needed an iron fist and Murinho is that fist

This is not the same Mourinho of 2010-2013 who won La Liga with a record 100 points. 2026 Mourinho is older, calmer, experienced and ruthless.

His first coming to Madrid was about destroying Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona. This second second is about restoring discipline. Perez has task him to fix Vini’s relationship with the club, maximize Mbappe, and win.

He took over officially on July 13, the day preseason began.

YESTERDAY: Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad – The Santiago Bernabeu Welcome

Yesterday was Mourinho’s first home match back at the Bernabeu in over 13 years, and it was a winning return.
The match started nervously. Madrid were jeered before halftime after a sluggish, careless first half. Real Sociedad almost led when Take Kubo set up Mikel Oyarzabal, but Courtois saved.

Then Mbappe exploded in 40th minute Federico Valverde split the defence with a superb pass, Mbappe surged into the box, cut left and lashed into the top corner to give Madrid a 1-0 lead.

Mourinho’s halftime talk worked. Second half was ruthless. Madrid players played relentlessly
Mbappe restored the lead in the 60th minute with an assist from Bellingham making it 2-1

Bellingham showed incredible strength on the pitch to hold off his marker and lays it on a plate for Vinicius Jr to tap-in in the 68th minute

Mbappe completes his hat-trick in the 80th minutes making it his 6th hat-trick for Real Madrid to take his tally to 89 goals in 105 appearances and Won the MVP of the match.

“Mbappe has that scoring ability… When the team is having the most difficulty, he’s able to drop and connect with Vini and Jude,” Mourinho said after the game.

With the win, Real Madrid moved to top of the La Liga table with 6 points.

The old Mourinho won with defense and counter-attacks. The new Mourinho is letting Mbappe, Vini and Bellingham express themselves, but with order. Yesterday proved it: when Madrid was struggling, individual brilliance won it, but the team structure in the second half was all Mourinho.

Mourinho is back to show them how it’s done