Real Madrid coach José Mourinho don single out Marc Cucurella for special praise after the defender face Lamine Yamal for El Clásico, saying the left back stop the young forward well well.
Goal.com and Daily Post Nigeria both report the coach’s words after the match. “He stopped very good, clever Yamal,” Mourinho tok, according to Daily Post Nigeria. Goal.com carry the same gist under the headline ‘Yamal tried everything!’, where the outlet talk about Mourinho singling out Cucurella after wetin dem describe as brutal El Clasico battle.
The short quote capture wetin Mourinho see for the duel. Yamal try everything to find space, but Cucurella stand him ground and stop the young man from getting the better of him. Na that battle the coach pick out when e dey talk about the match.
Cucurella no be stranger to Real Madrid fans. One columnist for as.com write about the day the deal land, describing am as “the great Cucu” and a signing wey Mourinho personally request, just like Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konaté and Bernardo Silva.
For that column, the writer recall say e dey drive back from lunch with 170 supporters’ club members for Arévalo, inside the province of Ávila, and dem all dey talk about the new project wey dey take shape under Mourinho. The fans welcome the plan to add Dumfries and Konaté for muscle for the defence, and dem hail Bernardo Silva, who at 31 dem see as younger version of Luka Modrić. But dem still add one wish: make the club sign one established Spain international. Before the writer reach Madrid, the wish come true with Cucurella.
The columnist describe am as a tremendous left back wey dey charge up and down the flank like tireless yo-yo, one classic number three, the kind of player the Bernabéu dey always admire because of the energy e bring to the game.
E also talk about the charisma, and the famous hair wey make am stand out. The writer talk say e don already dey imagine the number of wigs wey go soon appear in his honour around the Chamartín district of the Spanish capital, where Real Madrid get their home.
The column still remember the lesson Cucurella give Real Madrid with Eibar at Ipurua, and the problems e cause the club on plenty European nights with Chelsea.
