I will congratulate Barcelona for what they did at the Bernabéu last week but not for the qualification.' I have played here with Chelsea, Inter and Madrid various times and this is nothing new. 'However, I have heard in the dressing room it is impossible to win here. We knew it would be difficult, but that is what we came here to do.
In a thinly veiled dig at the referee Teixeira Vitienes, Mourinho said: 'We came here with the intention of going through.
However, Mourinho's side refused to give in and ensured a nervy finish for the hosts after goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema before Sergio Ramos was sent off with two minutes remaining. Real dominated for large spells in the first half but trailed 2-0 at the break thanks to goals from Pedro Rodríguez and Dani Alves just before half-time.
The Real Madrid manager José Mourinho has claimed some of his players believe it is 'impossible to win' at Camp Nou after his side's 4-3 aggregate defeat to Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
