Madrid take a massive advantage with them for Wednesday’s quarter-final second-leg following their emphatic win at the Bernabeu last week.
‘The Special One’ is now keen to finish the job and eliminate Spurs from the competition as he warns his players to take the match seriously at White Hart Lane.
“We have a job to finish and it’s not complete yet. We have to respect our opponent because the result is good, but not defined,” Mourinho told the press.
“We are here to play seriously but at the same time I don’t think five goals is enough for Tottenham to beat us because we are here to score.
“It’s important that we get through. With a 4-1 or 5-2 we will be in the semi-finals, but we are not playing for this.”
And he assured the strongest Real Madrid XI would take to the field as questions over rotation ahead of their clasico with Barcelona on Saturday were ignored.
The 48-year-old emphasised that players who were at risk of being booked, and possibly missing the semi-finals if they get through didn’t impact his decisions.
“I think that some of the players find themselves in a slightly complicated, tough situation – a delicate situation,” he said.
“We’ve got to examine this situation with pride. We are the only ones in that situation, we’re in that situation because of ourselves, but we’ve got to look at this game and we’ve got to think about the game and treat it with respect.
“The players need to be intelligent, they need to be bright and they need to be aware. They know what their own situation is.
“I think we have to respect the opponent, we know there is quite a difference in the scoreline but we still have a job to finish tomorrow night.
“We have to respect football as well. I’m going to pick the team which I think is the best team to get the best result possible for Madrid tomorrow night.”
Despite his aggressive approach to winning at all costs, Mourinho said he was not leaving the result to chance when asked whether he agreed Tottenham needed a miracle.
“I agree completely. That’s why I say we have to respect Tottenham and we have to respect football, because football sometimes can betray you, and we cannot give them the chance of doing that,” he said.
“That’s why we are coming here to play seriously, especially for me and people like Xabi Alonso who know the mentality of English stadiums, English supporters and English teams. They will try everything.
“And I put myself in Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp’s position, imagine we lose 4-0 here and we go to Madrid for the second leg, I wouldn’t throw the towel. I would do everything with my players to try the miracle.
“But the only thing I say is we have to respect our opponents, we have to play seriously but at the same time I don’t think five goals is enough for Tottenham to beat us, because I think we are coming here to score goals.”
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