Mourinho aware of Turkish pride Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho is wary of the threat Galatasaray pose ahead of their Champions League meeting on Wednesday.
Madrid edged Manchester United 3-2 on aggregate and now face Galatasaray in the quarter-finals of Europe's most illustrious club competition.
Many pundits believe Madrid will breeze into the final four but Mourinho is not expecting things to be so easy for his star-studded team.
"Yes, it will be a tough match," the dual Champions League-winning coach said.
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Champions League: PSG 2:2 Barcelona Two late goals saw Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain play out a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
Tito Vilanova returned to the Barca dugout for the first time in months after undergoing cancer treatment in New York, but his long-awaited comeback was tainted somewhat by the departure of Lionel Messi at half-time with a hamstring injury.
But the Argentine still managed to leave his mark, slotting home the opener from a Dani Alves assist to give Barca a narrow lead at the interval, after PSG were the more threatening side.
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Champions League: Bayern Munich 2:0 Juventus Bayern Munich took a significant step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 2-0 first-leg success over Juventus.
After opening the scoring inside a minute on Tuesday courtesy of a deflected drive from David Alaba, the runaway Bundesliga leaders dominated what many felt would be the most closely contested of the four quarter-finals and were full value for a victory which was deservedly capped by a second-half strike from Thomas Muller.
Bayern had gone into the game on the back of a devastating 9-2 domestic defeat of Hamburg but even they could not have imagined that they would open the scoring against the tightest def
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Modest Yilmaz plays it cool Galatasaray striker Burak Yilmaz has hailed Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, and laughed off comparisons with the Portugal captain.
Burak has been one of the revelations of the 2012/13 Champions League campaign, netting eight goals in as many appearances, but has insisted he still has a long way to go before he is on the same level as his fellow Champions League top scorer.
The two players will go up against one another when Real host Gala in the quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.
"A lot of people are comparing me to Ronaldo. However, my team-mates nor myself are making such a comparis
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Cambiasso recieves one-match ban Inter Milan midfielder Esteban Cambiasso will be suspended for one match after being sent off against Juventus on Saturday.
The Argentine was shown a straight red card late in the 2-1 home loss after a reckless tackle on Sebastian Giovinco, and has now been suspended for one game as a result.
Inter initially feared Cambiasso would be handed a severe ban following his late lunge on the Italy international, but the 32-year-old will only sit out the match against Sampdoria on Wednesday.
Cambiasso entered the Juventus dressing room immediately after the final whistle to apologise to Giovinco.
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Molinaro: Bayern hold edge over Juve Stuttgart defender Cristian Molinaro believes Bayern Munich have the edge over Juventus heading into their Champions League quarter-final tie.
Molinaro, who wore the Juve jersey from 2005 until 2010, expects a tight encounter between two of Europe's best teams.
But he feels Bayern's position comfortably atop of the Bundesliga table gives them the advantage.
"It is going to be a very interesting tie. Bayern and Juventus are currently two of Europe's strongest teams, together with Barcelona and Real Madrid," Molinaro told Goal.com.
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Guthrie seeking Reading revival Reading's Danny Guthrie is looking forward to a fresh start under new manager Nigel Adkins following the sacking of Brian McDermott.
Reading suffered a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Arsenal in Adkins' first game in charge of the club on Saturday, but midfielder Guthrie has nevertheless hailed the arrival of the former Southampton manager.
Guthrie was involved in a bitter training ground bust-up with McDermott earlier this season which resulted in the midfielder refusing to travel to an away game.
But the ex-Liverpool and Newcastle player believes he can regain his first-team place under Adkins.
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