After Bayern- Real, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid will clash Wednesday night for a place in the final of the Champions League. It will be in London, Stamford Bridges. A very open meeting (0-0 in the first leg) and that promises to be hotly contested.

A few hours before kickoff, the coach of the Blues returned to his methods at a press conference.

“Football is full of philosophers, full of people who understand football better than me. It’s crazy. But reality is reality. A team that does not defend well does not have much chance of winning. If you give space to a team that goes fast, you’re stupid. When you have the ball, you have to work according to your qualities. If you have a striker like Drogba, who wins all air duels, why play short? When a team plays strategically, thinks about its qualities and those of the enemy. Ten, twenty, thirty years ago… we talked of a good, intelligent team. Today, critics speak …, “said the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, who must surely expect a good resistance of the Colchoneros tonight.