Madrid - Arabstoday
The former Mexico international has come to the defence of the Portuguese coach, and feels, with him at the helm, the Santiago Bernabeu team can go head-to-head with the CatalansFormer Real Madrid attacker Hugo Sanchez has backed Jose Mourinho to end Barcelona\'s domination of Spanish and European football.The Catalan giants have been hugely successful under Pep Guardiola, with the former midfielder leading the Camp Nou team to three consecutive La Liga titles and Champions League glory twice in the last three seasons.Despite this, and the Santiago Bernabeu outfit\'s inconsistent start of the campaign, the former Mexico international has backed Mourinho to end their rivals\' reign.\"Real Madrid needed a coach like Jose Mourinho to retrieve values that had been missing,\" he told AS. \"Both Florentino [Perez] and Mourinho are still the backbone of a structure that seeks to end the reign of FC Barcelona, and they are on the right path. Los Blancos should support the coach and his players to death.\"With six domestic games played, Barcelona have 14 points and sit top the Primera Division. Real Madrid, meanwhile, occupy third spot but have collected just one point less.