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"Real" Madrid football club players gathered yesterday for a team lunch. Neither the team's Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho nor the rest of the coaching staff were seen at the table, but there were other close associates of the players present, as reported by the Spanish newspaper as.com. The fact that Mou did not participate in the team lunch before Friday's Copa del Rey final match against Atletico Madrid is very revealing. Throughout his time with Real Madrid, the coach has had lunch with the players three times. The absence of Mourinho indicates a division within the team – between the coach and the players. Most of the team's footballers attended the meeting. Captains Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos hope that spending more time together will further unite the team and lead them to win another Copa del Rey on Friday. Sergio Ramos posted a photo on the social media platform Twitter, where he is with his teammates – Pepe, Iker Casillas, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, and Fabio Coentrao. Some of these players are the ones with whom the coach has recently had some unpleasant personal clashes. The caption below the photo read: "Lunch with colleagues. Great time!" The lunch was paid for by this year's newcomers - Luka Modric, Diego Lopez, and Michael Essien.
