6.14.2012

Mourinho: "Real Madrid's next target is Champions League"

"I want to win the Champions League with three different teams. Now that Real Madrid has won the Spanish league, the target for next season is to get the Champions League" the Portuguese coach told to the press during a promotional visit for two days in Jakarta.

Jose Mourinho in Jakarta
Jose Mourinho

"I have served two years and I have four ahead. I will work hard in order to return Real Madrid to victory in the European top competition. Real is an extraordinary project". Jose Mourinho said that his target in the white team is keep getting success after winning a league and a Spanish cup in his first two seasons.

The coach admitted that he still has to meet several challenges in his career as coach and he hopes to lead the Portuguese national team someday and achieve some success for his country, despite showing discouraged about it: "I do not think I can lead a team that only plays one game every two months and an official tournament every two years. I need to have the pressure of facing two or three games every week" said the coach.

Mourinho also praised the progress of Asia on footabll and highlighted that some elite football players are playing in Europe, especially from Japan, for some of the big European teams: "Twelve years ago only Hidetoshi Nakata arrived in Europe. Now there are many more. For example, Manchester United just signed to Shinji Kagawa" remarked the Portuguese.

However, the coach of Real Madrid predicted that still needed, in the best cases, between 6 and 10 years for Asian football to match European. The Portuguese traveled to Indonesia invited by the business tycoon Peter Lim, a visit that has unleashed the passion of the fans and media in the Asian islands.

Finally, Mourinho at the forum Meet&Greet, promised that Real Madrid will play a match in Indonesia on a new Real Madrid Asian tour: "I would like to bring my team to Indonesia".

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