José Mourinho, coach of Real Madridcompleted this Monday the first training session of his second stage at the white club, which began in the morning with the medical examinations of the twelve players present in Valdebebas and which continued in the afternoon with a work session in which he was in charge.
Thirteen years after closing his closing his exit from the real Madrid After three seasons on the bench (2010-2013), the Portuguese coach directed a training session that kicked off a key pre-season to prepare his players, who have not won titles in the last two years.
Mourinho took charge and worked with eight players: Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eduardo Camavinga, Álvaro Carreras, Andriy Lunin, Gonzalo García, Franco Mastantuono and Raúl Asencio.
Outside the group, to recover from different injuries, they exercised Ferland Mendy, Éder Militao and Rodrigo Goes. The rest of the players on the Real Madrid squad are on vacation after playing in the World Cup or are still in the World Cup pending their national teams and the semifinals of the tournament.
Between those who were eliminated from the World Cup and they still have days off Bernard Silva (Portugal), Fede Valverde (Uruguay), Arda Güler (Türkiye), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Antonio Rüdiger (Germany), Brahim Díaz (Morocco), Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) and Vinícius Júnior (Brazil).
Later, the players who are still immersed in the tournament and have to play in the semifinals will return: Jude Bellingham (England), Aurélien Tchouaméni, Kylian Mbappé and Ibrahima Konaté (France) and Marc Cucurella (Spain).
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