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Jose focused on Inter role

16 Mar 2010 - 07:54:11

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Internazionale head coach Jose Mourinho insists that he will have no friends at Chelsea during the showdown between his current club and his former employers.

Inter head to Stamford Bridge holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of their Champions League round of 16, with Mourinho ready for an emotional return to London.

He told reporters: "Special for me would be to take Inter over the barrier and into the quarter-finals. Inter lost, if I remember right, in the last years to Villarreal, Valencia, Liverpool and Manchester United last season.

"So it would be special for me to take my team into the next stage. But special to beat Chelsea? No, it would not be special.

"It means I will go to the quarter-finals. That is all. I have nothing to prove to Chelsea, to Chelsea's players, to Chelsea's fans, to Chelsea's board. The relations are great.

"My celebrations will be restrained if we win out of respect.

"Because it's Chelsea, because it's the team where I worked for three and a half years, the same people, the same players, the same supporters who made me feel incredible every time we played in this stadium.

"But don't confuse this emotional control with professionalism. Don't confuse this emotional control with a desire to win.

"Tomorrow, during the 90 minutes, I will give everything to try and help my team win. Players win matches on the pitch. Coaches just try and give a bit of help.

"I'll try and do that, but don't confuse my feelings for my ex-players and my ex-club with my desire and motivation to win this game.

"For 90 minutes I will know nobody. Before the game I know everybody and I love them, and after the game I know everybody and I love them. But for 90 minutes I know nobody.

"The only thing I can do is prepare for the game with all my qualities, with all my motivation and play the game tomorrow with everything I have to try and go to the quarter-finals."