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    16 September 2012| last updated at 10:17AM

    I don't have a team, moans Mourinho



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    MADRID: Jose Mourinho slammed his Real Madrid champions on Sunday after a 1-0 loss at Sevilla condemned them to their worst La Liga start in a decade, claiming he wanted to replace seven players at half-time.

     

    Piotr Trochowski’s second-minute goal gave Sevilla victory as Real’s haul  of just four points from four games represented the Spanish giants’ most  damaging opening since the 2001-02 season.
     
    Real are also eight points behind rivals Barcelona who won 4-1 at Getafe to  retain their 100 percent record.
     
    “I changed only two players at half-time, I wanted to change seven of  them,” said Mourinho.
     
    “What worries me more than the eight-point difference between us and Barca  is that I don’t have a team at the moment.”
     
    Cristiano Ronaldo was the centre of attention in the build-up to the game  after he had claimed he was unhappy in the Spanish capital.
     
    But Mourinho insisted that the turmoil surrounding the Portuguese star was  not a factor in Saturday’s defeat, his team’s second of the season.
     
    “I don’t think it has affected us. We played a similar game at Getafe and  against Granada,” said the manager.
     
    “It is more to do with a lack of concentration as a team. I think football  is not the top priority for some in their heads at the moment, but I am the  coach and so that is my fault.”
     
    Real face another test of their resilience on Tuesday when English  champions Manchester City visit the Bernabeu in their opening Champions League  fixture of the season. -- AFP
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