Small Mag, your comment about trophies etc is valid, but as I've said before, none of us love the game because we grew up watching 1-0 snooze-fests. (Road to Wembley anyone?)
The ultra-conservative, take what we could get and leave town philosophy is great if you're a fan. But we know Real has fired coaches who won the trophies ugly.
Murinho thought he had a side that could match Barca. Nothing in the season thus far suggested otherwise. You don't know unless you try. If the season goes as it has in the past few years, he will have a chance to determine his own fate in the return game in Madrid.