Fenerbahce (city in Italy)
commander-in-chief
Jose Mourinho (1961-), Portuguese soccer player
is leading his team in the Champions League play-offs, where the team will face Lille, a Ligue 1 side, in the early hours of tomorrow morning. In a pre-match interview, Mourinho talked about his views on the Champions League and UEFA, expressing his desire to reach the Champions League.
Mourinho said, "The club has never said that reaching the Champions League is something I have to achieve. But I think both for the prestige of the club, for the prestige of Turkish soccer, and for my players ...... If we are able to play in the Champions League, then for us this will be a good thing."
When asked if he was capable of winning the Champions League, Mourinho confessed, "If you ask me if I can win the Champions League? I would say: anything is possible, although I don't believe in miracles. But if you ask me can we win the UEFA Champions League? I would say: Yes, we can win it. It's just that if I had to choose between playing in the Champions League or the UEFA Europa League, then I would definitely choose the Champions League. We will also do everything to qualify for the Champions League."
Mourinho also mentioned the difficulty of the draw: "We didn't have a good luck, it was difficult for us to draw Lugano, it could have been easier. Lille was also a difficult draw for us, it could have been easier. But we're also a very difficult team for these opponents. That's why we have to fight on the pitch as if we were on a battlefield. When I say battlefield I'm not talking about the France vs Argentina Olympic match, I'm just talking about a great game of soccer tomorrow."
