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Jose Mourinho Needs To Learn What 'Surprise' Means

By Chris Ryan on

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho knows how to tactically nullify the world's greatest attacking teams, play the press like a fiddle, and (until recently) wear the hell out of a suit. But one thing he apparently sucks at is acting surprised.

Real Madrid stars Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas celebrated their boss' 49th birthday Thursday by "surprising" him with a cake. Check the video above, via the fantastic 101GreatGoals.com.

Settle down there, Super Sweet 16! Note the very public (filmed, even!) cake messengers. Ramos and Casillas reportedly had a training ground argument with Mourinho earlier in the week over his tactics in the first leg of Real's Copa del Rey quarterfinal with Barcelona (which they lost, 4-3, on aggregate). I'm sure these guys totally went halfsies on a hand fitness trainer for their boss, but this does reek a bit of a publicity stunt.

(Note to self: Next birthday, take a stoic finger scoop of icing and then proceed to make entire party do drills.)

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