According to a report from AS, Jose Mourinho's priority this season was to improve his players' fitness and avoid injuries, and it looks like he has succeeded in that regard. The report says that Mourinho and his staff have carefully managed player minutes and training workload, which has now resulted in a smaller number of muscle injuries in these two months at the club so far.
To put it in context, the Real Madrid players missed 39 matches due to muscle injuries at this time last season, whereas this season, they have only missed one at this point, which was Fede Valverde's injury. This is an unprecedented jump.
Jose Mourinho has fixed Real Madrid's biggest problem
Real Madrid have been plagued by injuries in the last few years, which have annoyed players as well as fans because of these muscle injuries that rule players out for three or four weeks, maybe even more or less. Real Madrid fans have only rarely got to see their team play at full strength altogether. Every other week saw at least one or two injuries to this team, which stopped them from playing their best XI more often.
Mourinho, according to a report from last week, has tailored specialised training sessions with optimum intensity for his team so that there are fewer chances of an injury happening due to burnout. So far, it has worked out exceptionally well because no one is realising this, but Real Madrid have it really well right now.
I don't want to jinx it or anything like that, but there hasn't been a time in this decade where they haven't faced many injuries apart from this season. Every single time, there was something or the other, whether it was long-term or short-term, that was bothering Real Madrid players.
This season, all of them have been rotated well so far and will probably keep being rotated. These players have also not been injured because of a reduced but specialised workload in terms of training and physical training.
Honestly, there is a bit of luck there as well because Real Madrid also had another week off due to the international break. There is a bit of luck, but any club will take that bit of luck if it results in fewer injuries.
Hopefully, this continues throughout the season and beyond because, after the few years of continuous injury problems the club has faced, it is time for a breather, a much-deserved one as well.
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