On Oct. 24, 2026, before El Clásico, Real Madrid manager José Mourinho said he would not create a specific plan to stop Lamine Yamal. He called Yamal a great player but said he would not change his structure or make room in his squad, saying “my players are the best.” He also praised Barcelona's work under Hansi Flick and defended Real Madrid's signing of winger Diomande based on player profile rather than transfer fee.
The remarks came during pre-Clásico scrutiny of Yamal and Real Madrid-Barcelona tension. Mourinho deflected questions about the rival's star while backing his own squad and avoiding controversy over referees.
Mourinho did say there would be no specific anti-Lamine plan, called Lamine Yamal a great player, and said changing his team's plans or structure for one player is different. The wording is slightly condensed: the full quote is “They're all good, it's the same situation as at Real Madrid.”
James Hunt clinched the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship on Oct. 24, 1976, at the Japanese Grand Prix — 50 years before this post.
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LGood morning, it's Saturday, six oh one. Mourinho just lit up El Clásico.
MTell me.
LFabrizio Romano posted the quote: no specific plan to stop Lamine Yamal.
MNo specific plan? For the best young player in the world?
LHe called him great, said great players deserve respect—but changing your structure is another.
MVintage José. Compliment the kid, then say his own guys are better.
LFull quote says his players are the best. No room for Yamal.
MSo no special plan means they leave him one-on-one? Come on.
LI buy it. You don't tear up your whole shape for one teenager.
MEven if that teenager decides the Clásico? That's the player you plan for.
LOverfocus on Yamal, and Barcelona's other forwards make you pay. That's the trap.
MRight, but saying it out loud two days before? That's mind games.
LIf it's mind games, it worked—everyone's talking Mourinho, not Barca's lineup.
MFair. One Spanish outlet ran with "They are the best."
LSerious turn.
MGo.
LFabrizio Romano also reports Bayern director Max Eberl says Vincent Kompany is stable in hospital.
MThat's scary. Kompany collapsed on the pitch.
LEberl says he'll stay a few more days while they run tests.
MWe should say clearly: the club hasn't put out its own statement yet.
LRight. This is Romano's reporting, not official.
MFor now, just hoping the man's okay.
LNow, a day for history.
MFormula One's official account says today is fifty years since James Hunt's title.
LHunt against Niki Lauda. Pure theater.
MHunt wins it in Japan.
LLauda comes back from that crash. One of the greatest title fights ever.
MFive decades ago to the day.
LI'll say it: Hunt is the most underrated champion of that era.
MUnderrated? He drove on the edge every lap.
LLauda the technician, Hunt the raw nerve.
MWhich one do you trust with one race on the line?
LHunt. Big moment, big personality, foot to the floor.
MI'm taking Lauda. Cold, precise, already a champion before the crash.
LThat's why the rivalry still gets posts fifty years later.
MNow a correction from the sports history file.
LGo.
MBaseball by BSmile posted "Today in 1977" about Reggie Jackson's three homers.
LMr. October. Three home runs in Game Six—that's fact.
MTrue, but not today. That game was October eighteenth, not the twenty-fourth.
LSo the anniversary's off by six days.
MThe homers happened, the fans stormed the field, but the date's wrong.
LI'll allow it. The swing is worth remembering any day.
MJust don't say "today in 1977" unless your calendar's broken.