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Pepe: I dream of a Porto-Madrid Champions League final
Feb 19, 2013 3:05:00 PM
The Portugal international says he would enjoy facing up to his former side in May, while is confident Los Blancos can progress past Manchester United in the last 16
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The Portugal international spent three years at Estadio do Dragao before moving to the Spanish capital in 2007, and admitted if Los Blancos were not to win the competition this season, then, he would love to see his previous side triumph.
"I hope the final will be Porto-Real Madrid. I have great affection for my former team-mates," he told Antena 1.
"For me, it would be a dream come true. Following Real Madrid, I support Porto. If we do not win, then I want them to win.
"They are a team with not so many big names, but they have a great squad."
The Portuguese champions take on Malaga on Tuesday in the first leg of their last 16 encounter, while Jose Mourinho's side drew 1-1 with Manchester United in Santiago Bernabeu, but Pepe is confident his side can progress.
He added: "It is our main goal. We have to go back to Manchester and play well at Old Trafford, but we know we can do it."
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Heynckes, class act that he is, was also quick to empathise with a devastated Dortmund.
"I told their players: I know your disappointment after losing a final. I lost a final to Liverpool, too.
"During the first half we had trouble to get into the game. At half-time a adjusted our play. I think both teams felt pressure. If you see that you have a 25-point-lead in the league, it is normal you are the favourite. But after 30 minutes we freed ourselves.
"Over the past year, we improved and improved. We improved and modified so many details. I was stricter and I have to say that the players followed me and there is harmony in the dressing room."
"I told their players: I know your disappointment after losing a final. I lost a final to Liverpool, too.
"During the first half we had trouble to get into the game. At half-time a adjusted our play. I think both teams felt pressure. If you see that you have a 25-point-lead in the league, it is normal you are the favourite. But after 30 minutes we freed ourselves.
"Over the past year, we improved and improved. We improved and modified so many details. I was stricter and I have to say that the players followed me and there is harmony in the dressing room."
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And finally we get to hear from Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes, who will be replaced by Pep Guardiola this summer.
The big news is, though, that he seems to have a job lined up for himself, which restores one's faith in our fickle game, given the man is now a two-time Champions League winner!
"The decision on what I will do after the DFB Pokal match (against Stuttgart next saturday) was already taken last June? Retire? No, you will learn that after the DFB Pokal final."
The big news is, though, that he seems to have a job lined up for himself, which restores one's faith in our fickle game, given the man is now a two-time Champions League winner!
"The decision on what I will do after the DFB Pokal match (against Stuttgart next saturday) was already taken last June? Retire? No, you will learn that after the DFB Pokal final."
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Philipp Lahm is also relieved that Bayern have finally banished the memory of their heart-breaking - and thoroughly undeserved - loss to Chelsea last season.
"We worked unbelievably hard in last year's final and finally we have been rewarded," the Roten skipper enthused.
"We had to got through so much. But everybody worked so hard in the last months and weeks and now we have finally won it."
"We worked unbelievably hard in last year's final and finally we have been rewarded," the Roten skipper enthused.
"We had to got through so much. But everybody worked so hard in the last months and weeks and now we have finally won it."
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"I have to admit: after it went 1-1, I was scared as s**t! You remember how it went last year. The feeling when we scored was undescribable."
"I have to admit: after it went 1-1, I was scared as s**t! You remember how it went last year. The feeling when we scored was undescribable."
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