Mourinho extends Real stay
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Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho reacts before the start of their Spanish first division soccer match against Athletic Bilbao at San Mames stadium in Bilbao May 2, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] |
Jose Mourinho has agreed a two-year contract extension with Real Madrid which ties him to the club until 2016, the Spanish champion said yesterday.
Mourinho, the self-styled Special One, joined Real from Inter Milan in 2010 on a four-year deal and led it to victory in the Copa del Rey final in his first season, the club's first cup triumph in 18 years.
It won its first La Liga title for four years this month, smashing league records along the way and ending Barcelona's domestic dominance.
Real set a new points record of 100 from 38 games, beating the previous best of 99 achieved by Pep Guardiola's side in 2009, and broke the league's goal-scoring record of 107 set by the Whites in 1989-90 by finding the net 121 times.
On a personal level, the league title was Mourinho's seventh after winning two in Portugal with Porto, two in England with Chelsea and two in Italy with Inter.
Mourinho's next big challenge is to win a 10th European Cup for Real, and his third with a different club after Champions League successes with Porto in 2004 and Inter in 2010. Real has fallen in the semifinals to Barcelona and Bayern Munich in his two years in charge.
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