HozzászólásSzerző: kodo » 2021. január 16., szombat 18:37
Pepe Interview with MARCA
Pepe: "I really wanted to go to Real Madrid, despite lots of people telling me that I was crazy to go there because it was very difficult and, above all, because it was a graveyard for centre-backs.”
Pepe: "At the time, Real Madrid had a hole to fill since Hierro left and I wanted that challenge. They still tried to persuade me otherwise, but I was always very direct: 'Real Madrid don't want me? They're not paying what Porto want? If they're doing all that, then it's done'."
Pepe: "In pre-season, I practically didn't talk - I only trained and watched, because I'm an observer. It was about work and more work
Pepe: "My first game was against Atletico Madrid. I was coming from a club that was organised tactically where, if the ball was on the left, you have to press there. If it was on the right, you pressed there - things like that, the basics.”
Pepe: "And what I came across at Real Madrid was chaos. In the 30th minute, our attack broke down and they came at us one against one and we ran backwards.”
Pepe: "I looked back to Fabio and said to him: 'Fabio! Fabio! Cover, cover!' And he said to me: 'No, no, we don't do that here. Each person has their own side'. And I was like: 'It's like that? F*** me'.”
Pepe: "I was looking around and saw the full-backs high up, the defensive midfielder forward... And I was thinking: 'What? There's fifty metres behind me and I'm here to play one against one?'"
Pepe: "But there's a brutal pressure: if you win, things are going well, you stay in the team and at the club. If you don't win, you're out, another player comes in and is ready. If you don't perform, you have others waiting that want to put pressure on their place”
Pepe: "Mourinho came to Real Madrid to win La Decima because that was the only thing that mattered. The club only wanted the Champions League. LaLiga was secondary.”
Pepe: “Mourinho brought a lot of excitement, because he'd won the CL with Inter at the Bernabeu, and also lots of organisation and we ended up having three good seasons with him: we won a league title, a Copa del Rey... but we couldn't win the Champions League."
Pepe: "Me, a boy that slept alongside his mother until 18 years of age, winning 3 Champions Leagues? Look, I never imagined it, that's for sure. I felt I could go far, but winning three never crossed my mind.”