Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho's relationship with the local media is going into meltdown. Mourinho was at his confrontational best yesterday - which led to a row with one journalist, who called him a "hypocrite", then apologised publicly to the former Chelsea manager and also privately for losing his cool.
The exchange went something like this:
Reporter: Do you think you cause controversy so to divert attention away from the faults of your team?
Mourinho: I do not understand your question.
R: Do you feel your complaining is getting out of hand?
Jose: What complaints? R: The schedule, the cards.
Jose: These are not complaints, these are truths. Are you a hypocrite?
R: No.
Jose: Then tell the truth. Do you think they are complaints or truths?
R: I think they are complaints.
Jose: You're a hypocrite, sorry.
R: You too.
Jose: Ok, you have the right to say that, very well.
