Mourinho speaks of Cristiano Ronaldo with one wish: “When the day comes...”

José Mourinho held, at the beginning of the morning of Friday, the traditional preview to meet the 12th day of La Liga, which will put, face to face, the ‘your’ Real Madrid and Valencia, a press conference in which, as I could not help but be, was confronted about the decision of Cristiano Ronaldo to renounce the main selection of Portugal, at 41 years old.

Asked whether this was a natural decision or, instead, forced by the ‘disacute’ with the national selector, Jorge Jesus, the Portuguese coach shot: “I don’t want to evaluate. More than comment, you must respect yourself, and obviously I respect your decision. It is not a retreat, he did not finish his career.”.

“ Who knows him, knows that he still has goals for his career, and the only thing I would like his withdrawal as a football player, when that day comes, that it is a different day from yesterday”, he said, before refusing to ‘risk’ about whether the compatriot might go for the coaching career.

“I can’t say. I do not know what can happen in his head, but it is still early, even, to make some comment, because, as I said, he is still a football player ", he added, regarding the advanced that he guided, during the first passage by Santiago Bernabéu, between 2010 and 2013.

“If it were possible to talk to Jesus of Michael and ask him that question, it would be the ideal situation”

Valencia-Real Madrid has an initial whistle scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday morning at the Estadio de Mestalla, and it appears at a time in Spanish football is divided between those who think that this round of the national championship should not take place, because of the death of Jesús de Miguel, and those who argue that there is no reason to interrupt it.

Asked by journalists what would be the best way to honor the memory of the 30-year-old player, who did not resist the injuries caused by a violent shock with Jesús Owono at Tenerife-FC Andorra of last Monday, the Special One chose to stand aside from the controversy.

“According to what I have been informed, there are beautiful organized tributes that will be held, transversally, in all competitions, and this seems significant to me. Anyway, if it were possible to talk to Jesús and ask him that question, it would be the ideal situation ", said.

“ When it is impossible to ask him the question, I think that only his family, his friends and his companions can answer about what Jesús would like to happen, if he would like there to be no football, or if he would like to be remembered with a beautiful and transversal homage in all divisions and in all stadiums of Spanish football”, he continued.

“ I think it's something for your family, friends and companions. I don't think any of us can say this or that. We don't know. The tribute will be to Jesús, so let them speak who knows him deeply about what he would like”, concluded the technician of the meringues.