The Real Madrid manager has lessened the importance of the tenth Champions League crown hunt and states that his future is independent of that conquest.
Only one trophy has eluded the Santiago Bernabeu for years now, the UEFA Champions League crown, and a crown that the Spanish based club has won on 9 previous occasions, more than any other team in the history of the game.
When Jose Mourinho was appointed as the manager of Real Madrid after completing a lucrative move from Italian giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan, one thing at the front end of the expectations from the Portuguese manager was bringing La Decima home.
It is certainly the most craved trophy by the Real Madrid fans and every year seems to be the one when the Whites of Real will finally end the wait for the long awaited spring.
Los Blancos came close to conquering the crown in the last 2 years and were unfortunately knocked out by bitter rivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and German giants Bayern Munich in respective years.
This year has certainly started brightly as far as Champions League action is concerned and a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 led Real Madrid looks sound value for being Champions.
Real recently eliminated English league leaders Manchester United, although amid controversial circumstances, as United’s Portuguese winger Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Arbeloa-c5282.
Madrid then did the job right against Turkish side Galatasaray in the first leg of the quarter finals as they defeated them 3-0 at Santiago Bernabeu.
Madrid are getting ready for the return leg at Istanbul and will be looking to get the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 done after a professional performance in a generally feared stadium.
Jose Mourinho, ahead of Madrid’s game in the Champions League has stated that his future does not depend upon the quest for La Decima.
"All teams are here to win," Mourinho said at a press conference in the build-up to Tuesday's quarterfinal second leg against Galatasaray. "My future has nothing to do with whether we win the Champions League or not."
"We have not won anything yet. It's true that we have a good result from the first leg, but there's still a difficult game to play," Mourinho said. "We must remain focused if we want to go through to the semi finals, the 3-0 does not guarantee anything.
"We are also preparing from a tactical point of view. I hope the message is reaching its targets. I would be quite surprised if I don't see my men ready to play a highly difficult game."
The game is to be played on Tuesday night along with the Borussia Dortmund and Malaga clash.
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