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Reaction: Mourinho sees history repeating
Wednesday, Apr 27, 2005
Following the goalless draw with Liverpool, Jose Mourinho was extremely
confident of his team progressing to the Champions League Final.
"It's a very good result,” he stated positively. "Not the result we
fought for, we tried to win the game but in the Champions League semi-final,
it's a good result.”
A score draw at Anfield next Tuesday will take the Blues to the Final in
Istanbul. Mourinho feels that the pressure will therefore be on his opponents
to win that match.
"There's more pressure for them and less for us,” Mourinho commented.
"99.9% of Liverpool fans think they're already in the Final and they aren't.
It's two legs and next week's result will decide which team will be in the
Final.
"I like the situation very much. I think we can score goals. It's different
for them, it's one thing to play for this 0-0 and another to look for a
result.”
The Chelsea manager compared the way the result is poised to last season when
he won the trophy with Porto.
"We drew 0-0 with Coruna at home and beat them away in the semi-final.
Liverpool lost Xabi Alonso in the last minute [now suspended after booking]
and Coruna lost Mauro Silva in the last minute. There’s a lot of similar
things.”
Mourinho, who had angered the Liverpool fans at the Carling Cup Final in
Cardiff, has no worries about the atmosphere at Anfield next week.
"They can say what they like to me," he said, moving on to talk about his
team. "When you are a top player you enjoy this kind of atmosphere,” he
added, expressing a wish for "a good referee who doesn't feel this pressure."
Mourinho also mentioned that Damien Duff, out of the first leg with a
hamstring injury, should be fit for the return leg, although he wasn't so
confident about Arjen Robben's fitness.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was cautiously optimistic that Didi Hamann
could return next week.
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