What next for Jose Mourinho? The clasico series is over, and a defeat, two draws and a win (after extra-time) doesn't sound too bad given Real Madrid's first game against Barcelona this season ended in a 5-0 defeat. His methods may be morally questionable, but he did at least narrow the gap between his side and what is surely one of the greatest teams the world has ever known. And yet that may not be enough.
The one win came in the Copa del Rey final, probably the least important of the five clasicos played this season. A draw in the league game at the Bernabeu was fortunate; some would argue that that game was almost irrelevant given Barca's lead, but had Real won it, and had they then beaten Zaragoza at the weekend as Barca lost to Sociedad, there would have been only two points in...