Jose relaxed despite Dortmund drubbing

AFP, SHANGHAI: Jose Mourinho said he would not be rushing into judgement on his players as a result of Manchester United’s 4-1 drubbing by Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on Friday.
“Unfair to make any decision. Day by day they are starting to win my trust,” Mourinho said of his players, who only returned to pre-season training 10 days ago.
Dortmund have been back for a month already, and it showed with superior levels of fitness in the International Champions Cup match played in an energy-sapping temperature of 35 Celsius despite an 8.05 pm kick-off.
“I know in pre-season the team in the advance stage of preparation looks better,” he said.
“It happens year after year. It was too obvious. We knew after 10 minutes that one team started training a month ago and played four games.”
Gonzalo Castro scored twice for the German side, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bagged a penalty and Ousmane Dembele showed why the Frenchman is regarded as one of the best young talents in Europe with a superb finish. “The reality is even in this situation we have six players still in Europe, plus (Wayne) Rooney and (Chris) Smalling who are only training. That is eight not involved.
“We had no (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, (Anthony) Martial, (Marouane) Fellaini, (Morgan) Schneiderlin - lots of them aren’t here yet.” It was Mourinho’s first defeat as United manager in just his second match, after a 2-0 win at Wigan last Saturday.
The Portuguese former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss reiterated his pre-match comments that he needed one more signing to get the balance of his side right.

Jose relaxed despite Dortmund drubbing

AFP, SHANGHAI: Jose Mourinho said he would not be rushing into judgement on his players as a result of Manchester Uniteds 4-1 drubbing by Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on Friday. Unfair to make any decision. Day by day they are starting to win my trust, Mourinho said of his players, who only returned to pre-season training 10 days ago. Dortmund have been back for a month already, and it showed with superior levels of fitness in the International Champions Cup match played in an energy-sapping temperature of 35 Celsius despite an 8.05 pm kick-off. I know in pre-season the team in the advance stage of preparation looks better, he said. It happens year after year. It was too obvious. We knew after 10 minutes that one team started training a month ago and played four games. Gonzalo Castro scored twice for the German side, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bagged a penalty and Ousmane Dembele showed why the Frenchman is regarded as one of the best young talents in Europe with a superb finish. The reality is even in this situation we have six players still in Europe, plus (Wayne) Rooney and (Chris) Smalling who are only training. That is eight not involved. We had no (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, (Anthony) Martial, (Marouane) Fellaini, (Morgan) Schneiderlin - lots of them arent here yet. It was Mourinhos first defeat as United manager in just his second match, after a 2-0 win at Wigan last Saturday. The Portuguese former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss reiterated his pre-match comments that he needed one more signing to get the balance of his side right.