Jose Mourinho<\/a> has admitted that a potential final meeting with Manchester United at Wembley would be the “perfect” tie.<\/p>\nThe visitors won 1-0 at White Hart Lane, courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo goal, and have set up a semi-final clash with Barcelona as a result and while United face surprise package Schalke, Mourinho still expects the Red Devils to go through.<\/p>\n
“I expect Manchester United to be there in the final, they are the better team, they feel much more comfortable than Schalke at this level but football is football and for sure Sir Alex will tell the players exactly that; you have to respect the opponents even if you know clearly you are the best team,” he told Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n“I hope Manchester United is in Wembley and if it\u2019s Manchester United against Real it will be the perfect final for me.”<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the win over Spurs, Mourinho conceded his belief that a draw would have probably been a fair result and insists that he will have to prepare his side to cope with the loss of a player against Barcelona, a scenario he has encountered during previous meetings with the Catalans.<\/p>\n
“They Tottenham played with a lot of pride,” he added. “They played with great motivation, the public was fantastic behind them. They gave us a very difficult match and probably the result shouldn\u2019t be our victory.<\/p>\n
“I think a draw would be fair and would be a good bonus for them for what they gave. Of course I\u2019m happy with the win.<\/p>\n
“I have to train with 10 men to prepare for the Barcelona semi-final, how to play with 10 men, because I go there with Chelsea, I finish with 10, I go there with Inter, I finish with 10 and I have to train to play with 10 men because it can happen again.”<\/p>\n
Real will take on Barcelona without Ricardo Carvalho who picked up a booking and will miss the first leg of the last-four clash although speaking to ITV Sport<\/em> after the game, the Real coach insisted he had made the right call by playing a strong team and not resting any players.<\/p>\n\u201cI think I was right when I decided to play with a good team because even playing with this team in a serious way Tottenham had a couple of chances,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course 4-0 is a very good difference but if they had scored in the first half, with this incredible crowd, and this team, it could have been difficult but when Cristiano Ronaldo scored it was all over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mourinho also claimed he was confident of overcoming bitter rivals Barca in the semi-finals of the competition and was adamant that anything is possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s see what happens. We have ambition to beat Barcelona, the semi is a semi, anything can happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have two matches against them before the semi finals and there is no time to think.\u201d<\/p>\n
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