JosA Mourinho is on the verge of his fourth successive semifinal. In the nine UEFA Champions League knockout stages heas held it's place in since qualifying Porto for the 2003-04 competition, Mourinho has guided four different teams to six semifinals, taking two games. If thereas anyone who could examine his likelihood of winning Real Madridas decima, itas the One. aBarcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus and Bayern MAnchen are one step prior to the others,a he said on Monday. aI provide each one of these clubs a 25 percent chance of winning the Champions League.a Only 1 of Juventus and Bayern will advance after their Wednesday meeting, but given Mourinho is apparently underrating Borussia Dortmund (a staff Real went 0-1-1 against in team stage), 25 percent sounds fair enough. If thereas something substantial splitting up the challengers from Germany and Spain, weare perhaps not seeing it. That is fairly dismissive of Galatasaray, Real Madridas Tuesday opponent. The Merengues might be up 3-0 after last Wednesdayas opening knee at the Bernabeu, but as Mourinhoas told his people, the fit isnat always over. Right? aI told my players a staff who won the first fit 3-0 might drop the next by the same result. I said anything can be done aa But although anything can happen in Turkey, thereas small to suggest anything impressive will occur. Beyond the huge ability gap between the two sides, thereas record a' our best indication of the challenges ahead in Istanbul. Real Madrid lost their past Champions League knockout round trip to Galatasaray, 3-2 in 2002. The only other time a teamas moved to Istanbul this late in the competition, Chelsea dropped at FenerbahAe, 2-1 in 2008. For his part, Gala director Fatih Terim sounds like heas already putting things in perspective, the tone of his responses indicating heas started combining his teamas accomplishments: aWhen you analysz the 24 groups that have been already eliminated in your competition, Galatasarayas achievements may be greater understood.a Quite simply, donat examine us to the team weare enjoying on Tuesday, a team we really donat have a hope of beating. Evaluate us to the 24 groups who didnat ensure it is this far. Or the countless teams that didnat even be eligible for a the competition! Theyare not even good enough to not be good enough for Real. aI want to thank all my players,a Terim said Monday, seemingly reading from the concession speech. aAnything can be done in soccer but when you're playing against Real Madrid things aren't therefore easy.a Therefore I guess youare saying we should watch the game, right Fatih? Records Possible Lineups Galatasaray (4-3-1-2 ): Fernando Muslera; Albert Riera, Hakan Balta, Semih Kaya, Emmanuel EbouA; Selcuk Inan, Felipe Melo, Hamit Altintop; Wesley Sneijder; Didier Drogba, Johan Elmander Genuine Madrid (4-2-3-1 ): Diego LApez; Fabio Coentrao; Raphael Varane, Raul Albiol, Jordan Essien; Luka Modric, Sami Khedira; Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria; Karim Benzema.
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