Mourinho finally speaks again, reveals his very simple wish

Jose Mourinho has finally broken his most recent self-imposed silence to take a few thinly veiled shots at Barcelona and UEFA (and, of course, their shady partner in crime and charity UNICEF) in a video message to Real Madrid supporters. Jose hasn't spoken to the press since being given his five-match ban from UEFA after the first leg of the Champions League semifinal last month. But since spontaneous combustion becomes an increasingly real possibility with the passing of each day he doesn't make a public statement, Jose finally got his shots in.

From the Independent:

"Finally, I want to end with a very simple wish, which is that next season we recover certain principles that nobody should ever forget, and which this season some football professionals and some institutions have sometimes forgotten, and which must be the basis of our sport.

"To talk of fair-play, of respect to your opponents and of the red card to racism must not just be words, they must be facts.

"I repeat, I have the hope that next season we can recover for our sport these absolutely fundamental principles."

His reference to racism is, of course, a jab at the allegations of Sergio Busquets' taunts against Marce! lo and U EFA's failure to punish him. And his reference to "respect" is, uh, probably about refraining from publicly questioning the integrity of match officials and accusing charities of fixing football matches. Or something.

Jose's subdued video right this way...

Did someone sedate him before filming this? That sigh at the end makes me think Florentino Perez loaded him up with horse tranquilizers just before this.