Real Madrid can call on history against Borussia Dortmund

Jose Mourinho says tonight's mission impossible is Madrid's biggest match for ten years

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REAL MADRID embark on mission impossible tonight as they try to overturn a 4-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League semi final, and Europe's press corps eagerly assembled in the Spanish capital to hear Jose Mourinho assess his side's chances of coming back from the dead.

The ever-quotable Mourinho insisted his future did not depend upon the result and that he still had another ten years to win his third Champions League, whether he's with the Spanish club or not.

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