The Real Madrid manager has stated that he will like to avoid the Italian Champions in the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League
Jose Mourinho has come under some heavy criticism over the past few weeks for making some debatable decisions.
The Portuguese manager has also been criticised for his in-ability to lead Real Madrid to a La Liga title challenge and their crown is almost certain to fall in the hands of bitter rivals Barcelona.
Mourinho did ever so well last season as he led Real Madrid to their first La Liga championship in 4 years, finally bringing an end to the epic dominance of Catalan giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078.
Comparing this season to the previous, the current campaign has certainly been a let off for the Santiago Bernabeu faithful.
Madrid are a massive 16 points behind league leaders http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and even trail city rivals Atletico Madrid by 7 points.
Real’s UEFA Champions League campaign also did not shape up to be a pretty successful one as they only managed to finish second in their group.
Borussia Dortmund of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 topped the group and hence Real were facing the possibility of drawing a top European team in the round of 16 clash.
This got answered on December 20th as Real were drawn with English giants Manchester United and face a tricky test at their hands, come February.
Despite the tough tie, manager Jose Mourinho has stated that he is happy that his side avoided Italian giants Juventus as he thinks that they have a similar story as his former Porto side had.
Mourinho led http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 to Champions League glory back in 2004.
"I'll be honest: I do not like [Juventus] because I'm afraid of them," he said in an interview withTuttosport. "And I say that Conte's team can win the Champions League.”
"This reminds me of my Porto in 2004. And if anyone, by chance, had forgotten, Porto won the Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen."
Real Madrid face Manchester United at Santiago Bernabeu for the first leg of the tie on February 13th 2013, and will then have to travel to Old Trafford for the return leg of the affair on 3rd of March, 2013.
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