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  "title": "Mourinho plays down Real Madrid comparisons with Barcelona before Clasico",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/mourinho-plays-down-real-madrid-comparisons-with-barcelona-before",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T12:45:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho insists comparing his evolving side to established champions Barcelona is unfair, while refusing to alter his tactics specifically for Lamine Yamal ahead of Sunday's Clasico.",
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        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Unfair to compare us to Barca: Real Madrid’s Mourinho",
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        "published": "2026-10-24T13:42:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ballon d’Or 2026: Can Kylian Mbappe’s Real Madrid and France record win it?",
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