Varane reveals that he ‘bluffed’ Mourinho to play in Epic Man City Epic who was defeated by Ronaldo

Raphael Varane says he cheated on Jose Mourinho to run him in the Epu Real Madrid Champions League Victory over Manchester City in 2012 – after the boss asked the defender why he was “useless”.

After being able to single out in Madrid in the first four match from 2012/13, Varane, who struggled to establish in front of the legendary Sergio Ramos and Pepe in his first campaign at the club, first appeared his second season in the city after surprising exchanges with Mourinho.

“He is someone I really respect – he is charismatic and said to me straight,” But why are you useless? ” Bridgethrough RMC Sport.

“I looked at him (surprised) because he really just scored me and said it wasn’t easy because I didn’t play and that it was a complicated start to the season.

“I was asked if I was ready to play next Wednesday. It was against the city at home. A little blef – I said that even though I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t physically ready and mentally not convinced, but I said, I was ready. And that was it.”

⏪ 2012 Real Madrid lost to City 1-2 in the 87th minute, and Mourinho finished withdrawing the grass to celebrate the return. pic.twitter.com/xfzffjjlpq

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Raphael Varane: Madrid ‘would send me on loan’

Signed as an 18-year-old from the French side lens in 2011, Varane began three group stages and a knockout stage of the second leg against Apoel Nicosia, in which Madrid was 3-0 in front of his first leg in his debut campaign.

The encounter with City was a far most difficult test that faced in this stage in Europe, with the characters of Carlos Tevez, Samir Nasri, David Silva and Edina Dzeko who performed for the ruling English champions at the time.

“(Mourinho) told me” OK “and left,” Varane told the show, co -organized by the current Madrid and French star Aurelien Tchouamen.

“In training, I did my best the next day, the day before the match, I saw that I was on the team and that Sergio Ramos was on the bench.

“I told myself that I was in Spain at the age of 19 and … that I messed up, it was over and it was dead. Everything that would happen after that no longer existed – I would be sent on loan.”

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In the first catalog of the epic matches between the teams, Varane played in the central defense, together with Pepe, while Madrid recovered from twice as far as he interrupted to win 3-2 over 87 minutes.

“I played the match, I had cramps everywhere, but I had a good performance,” Varane recalled. “After that, I returned to her and the season started as planned.

“In the second half of the season, I had the best half of my career.

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By defeating the first of his three League The headlines in his first year with Madrid, Varane became the winner of the Champions League four times between 2014 and 2018, among the honor of honors on his way to becoming a club legend.

Only that first league title came under Mourinho, which was in Madrid between 2010 and 2013. “I can only be grateful (to him),” said Varane, who left Madrid 2021 for Manchester United – which Mourinho operated between 2016 and 2018 – before retirement 2024.

“When I arrived, he said to me,” I only want one thing: an hour and a half every day, you give everything. The rest, don’t worry – you will make progress, I’ll take care of it. Relax. “

“And the first season, I must have played … the matches we had already qualified, the Cup matches. It made me make a little progress and did not immediately put me in the deep end.”