Jose Mourinho insisted he was right to name a strong team in the Champions League quarter-final second leg victory at Tottenham.<\/p>\n
Real led 4-0 from the first leg and Cristiano Ronaldo’s strike at White Hart Lane sealed Real’s place in the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in eight years, with a 5-0 aggregate win.<\/p>\n
Mourinho, the first manager to reach the Champions League semi-finals with four different clubs, claimed he was right to name a strong team, even though Ricardo Carvalho picked up a first half booking which will rule him out of the Barcelona match.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese said: “I think i was right when i decided to play with a good team.<\/p>\n
“Tottenham had a couple of chances and of course 4-0 is a good difference but if they scored in the first half with an incredible crowd and a good team it could have be difficult.”<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to the semi-finals against rivals Barcelona, Mourinho insisted his side have a good chance of advancing to the final but claimed their league and cup final double with the Catalans will be the main focus for now.<\/p>\n
He added on ITV: “Let’s see what happens against Barcelona. We have ambition, a semi is a semi and anything can happen.<\/p>\n
“They have a great situation with lack of suspensions and we don’t have that. We were punished by UEFA for poor yellow cards. We have two matches against them before the semi-finals and it is time to think about them first.”<\/p>\n
Tottenham defender Gareth Bale acknowledged Real had been the better side over both games, but also admitted defeat was a bitter pill to swallow, believing Spurs were unlucky not to have at least one penalty.<\/p>\n
“It is hard to take, we knew before the game it would be a difficult challenge but we’ve had a great run and had a go at it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes they penalty decisions go for you and sometimes they don’t, they were probably the better team over two legs and deserved to go through.”<\/p>\n
Bale also said that after the team’s first taste of Champions League football they want to be back in Europe’s elite competition next season.<\/p>\n
He added: “It has been fantastic not just for me but for everybody, nobody expected us to get this far and it has been great for me on a personal note.<\/p>\n
“There is every chance of qualifying for next year. We are only three points off Manchester City in fourth (in the Barclays Premier League) and there is still a lot to play for, we have a game in hand as well.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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