Jose Mourinho insists he does not care about the possibility of Chelsea being pitted against his former club Real Madrid in Friday’s Champions League semi-final draw in Nyon.
The Blues booked their place in the last four of Europe’s elite club competition in dramatic fashion on Tuesday evening, with DembaBa poking in an 87th-minute goal to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit against Paris Saint-Germain and eliminate the Ligue 1 champions on the away goals rule after a 3-3 aggregate draw.
At the same time Madrid survived a huge scare to see off Borussia Dortmund despite losing 2-0 at Signal Iduna Park, having triumphed by three goals at Santiago Bernabeu last Wednesday.
Both results set up the mouthwatering prospect of Mourinho facing the club which he left in acrimonious circumstances to rejoin Chelsea last summer, with a Champions League final place at stake.
But the Special One is adamant that facing Madrid would carry no greater significance for him than taking on any of the other elite teams left in the competition.
“No,” he replied when the subject of being drawn against Madrid was raised. “It doesn’t matter. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico [Madrid], Bayern [Munich], Manchester [United]…it doesn’t matter.
“We are in the semi-finals. If the quarter-finals had eight fantastic teams, imagine the four that will reach the semi-finals. Anything can happen.
“A big opponent is waiting for us in the semi-final but it doesn’t matter who. They know we are a team with a special spirit even if we are not in the maximum of our potential.”
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