Jose Mourinho won support from honorary Real Madrid president Alfredo Di Stefano after their King's Cup triumph over Barcelona, days after the club's most famous former player wrote a scathing article about Madrid's style of play.
"The bravery and courage, Madrid's appetite for victory doesn't happen with the flick of a switch," the 84-year-old wrote in sports daily Marca.
"It was the result of the work headed up by Mourinho since he arrived. I hope he stays for many more years. The white warriors devoured Barcelona."
Wednesday's cup final, which Real won 1-0, went to extra-time, so players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Angel di Maria and Pepe, are likely to be rested.
Mourinho will be focusing his preparations on next week's Champions League semi-final first leg at the Bernabeu, the third of the four clashes with Barca in 18 days.
Valencia striker Roberto Soldado, a former Real player, has scored seven goals in his last three matches and said his side were keen to test Real's concentration.
"Real arrive after an important victory, much like Villarreal did after having beaten Twente 5-1 in the Europa League (two weeks ago) and we beat them," Soldado told reporters.
"It's up to us, to our enthusiasm and our intensity."
"We need to recover and reorganise ourselves and to be fully alert against Osasuna," he told reporters.
"Now, more than ever, we need to focus on one game at a time and that makes La Liga the principal objective."
"Sevilla have very little hope of catching us," midfielder Borja Valero told reporters. "We'll go to win because if we achieve that we have practically assured ourselves of fourth place."
