Varane reveals Mourinho’s “deception” to play in Man City Eche won by Ronaldo

Rafael Varane says he deceived Jose Mourinho to start him in the Real Madrid epic Champions League The victory over Manchester City in 2012 – after he asked the head of the defender for “useless” reason.

After she failed in the feature in the first Madrid matches in 2012/2013, Varane, who struggled to establish himself in front of the legendary back Sergio Ramos and Baby in his first campaign in the club, appeared his first appearance in his second season at home to the city after a sudden exchange with Mourinho.

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“I looked at him (I was surprised), because he had actually climbed me, and said that it was not easy because I was not playing and it was a complex beginning for this season.

“He asked me if I was ready to play the next Wednesday. He was against the city at home. A little deception – I said yes, although I was not ready. I was not physically ready and I was not confident, but I said yes, I was ready. This was the matter.”

⏪ In 2012, Real Madrid lost 1-2 in the 87th minute and Mourinho ended with a grass withdrawn to celebrate the return. pic.twitter.com/xfzfjlpq

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Rafael Varane: Madrid “could have been sent on loan.”

Varane, 18, from the French side lens, took place in 2011, and he started three games in the group stage and the knockout stage in the second stage against Apoel Nicosia, where Madrid was 3-0 from the first match in its first campaign.

A meeting with the city represents the most difficult test in Europe at that stage, with the likes of Carlos Tevez, Samir Nasiri, David Silva and Eden Dzeko, who are presented to the English language champions at that time.

“Mourinho told me” OK “and he left, Varane said to the show, which he is participating in hosting by the current Madrid and France of Aurelin Chaamini.

“In the training, I gave him everything and the next day, the day before the match, I saw that I was in the team and that Sergio Ramos was on the bench.

“I told myself that I was in Spain at nineteen years old and … if I spoiled, it is over, and he died. All that will happen after that was no longer present – he would have been sent on loan.”

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Real Madrid against Man City

In the first catalog of epic matches between the teams, Varane played throughout the central defense alongside Bibi while Madrid recovered their factors twice after the victory break 3-2 through the goal of the Benzema cream in the 87th minute and Blancos Coleerers Cristiano Ronaldo.

“I played the match, I was suffering from cramps everywhere, but I had a good performance,” Varane recalled. After that, I returned to that, and the season started as planned.

“In the second half of the season, I got the best half of my career. (Mourinho) brought me back to the swing of things; it’s a kind of coach who prompted me to get the best in myself.”

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After winning the first three League Hall in his first year with Madrid, Varane has become a winner of the Champions League four times between 2014 and 2018 between the attachments on his way to become a legend for the club.

“I can only be grateful (,” Varane, who left Madrid in 2021, told Manchester United – “I can only be grateful (,” said Varane, who left Madrid in 2021 to Manchester United – by Mourinho between 2016 and 2018 – before his retirement in 2024.

When I arrived, he told me: “I just want one thing: for an hour and a half every day, you give everything. The rest, do not worry – you’ll be presented, I will take care of it. Relax. “

“And the first season, I have to play … the matches we have already rehabilitated, the cup matches. It made me progress little by little and did not throw me in the deep end immediately.”