Mourinho criticized Bernardo Silva's form after his Real Madrid debut

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has remained unhappy with the fitness of Bernardo Silva, who joined the team this summer on a free agent after his contract with Manchester City expired. The 31-year-old Portuguese made his debut for Los Blancos in Saturday's friendly against Hungarian side Ferencvaros in Budapest. The game ended in a 2-1 victory for Madrid thanks to goals from Mario Rivas and Carlos Espy, with Silva coming on as a half-time substitute. "Bernardo is a really important player for us, but the poor guy is another footballer who benefits from doing nothing while on vacation. It's good for him psychologically to do nothing on vacation, that's why he came back in bad physical shape. He needs to improve," the coach said after the game. Due to Silva's unwillingness to withstand high loads, the coach was forced to transfer him to the playmaker position to reduce the amount of running work. Bernardo is an incredible player. He can help us develop the game if he goes deeper as a six or eight, but I realized during the match that he lacked a bit of physicality, so I moved him to the No.10 position. In general, he can cover three out of four positions in the center," explained the coach. Bernardo Silva himself expressed his joy at his debut, but agreed that there is still a lot of work ahead before the start of the new La Liga season, which will begin for Madrid on August 21 with a match against Espanyol. "It's only the first week, but I'm very happy. There's still a lot to improve, but the most important thing is to find a rhythm to start the season well. The first week was difficult, but I'm very happy to finally go on the field and make my debut for the Madrid club," said the Portuguese in an interview with the club's television. We will remind, earlier it became known that Mourinho began to introduce strict standards in Real Madrid.