During the European Championship Qualifier with Belarus and a friendly against Germany, Diego Coasta and Cesc Fabregas could not play due to an hamstring and groin injuries. It prompted Spain defender Ramos to say he would like players to show the same commitment to the national side as they do their club.
Jose Mourinho
During the European Championship Qualifier with Belarus and a friendly against Germany, Diego Coasta and Cesc Fabregas could not play due to an hamstring and groin injuries. It prompted Spain defender Ramos to say he would like players to show the same commitment to the national side as they do their club.
Mourinho who was Ramos’s old manager at Real Madrid, reacted to the comments.
‘Ramos is a fantastic player, but he is not a doctor,’ said Mourinho. ‘He is not a doctor and I am the same.
‘My doctor and the Spanish national team doctor, they had the scans and decided the player was not in a fit condition to play. I don’t think Sergio did a medicine masters in the last couple of years to understand it.
‘Vincent Kompany played today for Man City, but he didn’t play for Belgium (against Wales),’ the Portuguese added. ‘He was injured. Okay?
‘Did Leighton Baines play for Everton? No, he didn’t but how many players were injured for the international teams and could recover one week later, doing his work at the club? Lots of them, lots of them.
‘My doctor and the doctor of the Spanish national team, they had the scans and they decided that the player was not in the condition to play'
Mourinho who further stated other players in the league who were not match fit for there country but took part on Saturday for the clubs.
‘Kompany didn’t play for Belgium against Wales and he played on Saturday,’ he said.
‘Has he a compromise with his national team? I think he has. He is the captain of Belgium.
‘Did he, how do you say, “cheat” by not playing against Wales to play today? I don’t think he did. So we all accept that he was injured.’