After his match against Barcelona ended in bad blood and with its epicenter Mourinho, Real Madrid will have at heart to put the bad memories of Wednesday's game behind them and focus on the business at hand .
But Mourinho's men are nothing if not tough competitors and Barcelona can expect a fight on their hands as Real Madrid prepare for a long season in La Liga. And they will start with a classic game against traditional rivals. In his first La Liga match on Sunday Jose Mourinho neighborhoods take Basque side Athletic Bilbao. Athletic want to take advantage of any discord in Madrid ranks resulting from a fall on the fiasco Super Cup in Spain. Athletic Bilbao would be the chance to take Mourinho neighborhoods of points, but three points would be extended celebration of reason against their hated rivals.
There was little change in Los Leones, although it could be argued that the Cparo technician was a major change as was the signing of promising half Ander Herrera of Zaragoza.
However, critics may claim that their rivals have made a number of changes that were actually unnecessary, bringing many new players to the team, like Callejón, Varane, Coentrao, Sahin and Altintop.
The teams met in the Bernabéu on 80 previous occasions, all in the first division. Real Madrid won 55 of those games, with Athletic Bilbao take 13. The last time Bilbao won away against Real Madrid was in February 2005 on the back of goals del Horno and Iraola. However, the last seven games between the two sides spent and Real Madrid with the winners scoring 25 goals and conceding just six.
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