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Mourinho moans lack of team as Real crash

MADRID, Spain, September 16 – Jose Mourinho slammed his Real Madrid champions on Sunday after a 1-0 loss at Sevilla condemned them to their worst La Liga start in a decade, claiming he wanted to replace seven players at half-time.

Piotr Trochowski’s second-minute goal gave Sevilla victory as Real’s haul of just four points from four games represented the Spanish giants’ most damaging opening since the 2001-02 season.

Real are also eight points behind rivals Barcelona who won 4-1 at Getafe to retain their 100 percent record.

“I changed only two players at half-time, I wanted to change seven of them,” said Mourinho.

“What worries me more than the eight-point difference between us and Barca is that I don’t have a team at the moment.”

Cristiano Ronaldo was the centre of attention in the build-up to the game after he had claimed he was unhappy in the Spanish capital.

But Mourinho insisted that the turmoil surrounding the Portuguese star was not a factor in Saturday’s defeat, his team’s second of the season.

“I don’t think it has affected us. We played a similar game at Getafe and against Granada,” said the manager.

“It is more to do with a lack of concentration as a team. I think football is not the top priority for some in their heads at the moment, but I am the coach and so that is my fault.”

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Real face another test of their resilience on Tuesday when English champions Manchester City visit the Bernabeu in their opening Champions League fixture of the season.

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