Why is casillas dropped

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During their time together at the Spanish giants, Casillas and Mourinho endured a difficult relationship, with the long-serving shot-stopper being dropped in favour of Diego Lopez, before the Portuguese was too ousted in Mourinho's most shameful incident at the Bernabeu arguably came when he gouged the eye of Vilanova - at the time Pep Guardiola 's assistant at the Catalan giants - after a reckless challenge by Marcelo on Cesc Fabregas sparked a scuffle between the sides in a Supercopa tie at Camp Nou in August Iker Casillas has admitted Jose Mourinho's off-field antics like poking Tito Vilanova in the eye contributed to their fallout at Real Madrid.

Casillas left and Mourinho right endured a rocky relationship during the latter's tenure. Marcelo was sent off as a result in Barcelona's win and Mourinho was initially banned for two matches, while Vilanova was handed a one-match ban for a retaliatory slap before both coaches saw their suspensions overturned.

Then came the Super Cup. The Vilanova incident occurred after Marcelo's challenge on Cesc Fabregas sparked a brawl.

Marcelo was sent off and Casillas claimed that eye gouging is what 'tacky clubs' resort to. There were scraps, battles, giving your heart and soul… but the other things poking Vilanova's eye - that was the kind of thing you might see at other clubs - tacky clubs, who need to resort to that sort of thing, and that is not for us. That was the moment when we stopped talking.

We were alone together in a room and he starts telling me that I should be more open and honest. Someone from the press department at the club grabbed us and told us to calm down, to talk it through.

We sat down again and said what we had to say face to face. World Cup winning goalkeeper Casillas also admitted his issues with Mourinho resurfaced in Mourinho's last campaign at the club, and described the previous two years as a 'love-hate relationship' between the duo. I had other things on my mind that I was worried about at the time. Nevertheless, Casillas says Mourinho was quick to get in touch with his best wishes when the goalkeeper suffered a heart attack in Those are the little things which I should focus on.

Other people have made more out of the animosity than we have".