The Portuguese Jose Mourinho , coach of Chelsea , showed Wednesday his happiness for having achieved the pass to the knockout stage of the Champions League after beating Porto (2-0), but insisted his team "is the worst they have finished in first place."
"Apart from the result, I am very happy because my players accepted the challenge of playing to win. And that is complicated when the results have been as bad as our while," Mourinho said at the press conference after the match press.
"Now all the teams who finished as second want to play with us. Nobody wants to face Bayern Munich, Barcelona , Real Madrid or Atletico. We are the worst of which were first, "said the Portuguese.
The whole southwest of the British capital beat Porto at Stamford Bridge by a comfortable 2-0 to seal their qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
"What really gives me confidence is that we have been playing well in recent months. The results have not been good and do not reflect what the players have done. It is true we were lucky in the first goal, as the stop Casillas was very good. But that's the luck we lack in the Premier League , "he said.
The Portuguese used the press conference to praise the Spanish-Brazilian striker Diego Costa for his "effort, commitment and great movements" during the meeting.
"In recent months I missed that effort, commitment and movement that we have seen today. He was wonderful. It is true that the first goal was an own goal, but his movement was magnificent. He could score two or three goals," he said.
"However, it notes that it lacks a bit of confidence. I know the goals will come. I do not change it because I was not happy, but because they wanted something different," he added.
Despite having finished as group winners, Mourinho dismissed his team as a candidate to the title: "A team that is suffering so much like ours is not a candidate," he said.
"But with Porto we not were candidates in 2004 and won. And neither were in 2010 at Inter. When really was favorite, with Real Madrid and Chelsea, fell in the semifinals. You never know, we'll see what happens," reflected Luso.
Asked by a Portuguese journalist for the party of "Casillas," Mourinho stated that Porto "is the people who have made history in the club and Casillas have not already done."
"It's Porto. Is Porto - Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa and Vitor Bahia, but Casillas. He is a player with a history and an unparalleled track record, but has not yet made history with this team," he said .
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