Mourinho's Fenerbahçe Braces for Twente Battle: "No Regrets, Just Ambition"

Fenerbahçe Coach Jose Mourinho made interesting statements before the Twente match they will play tomorrow in the second week of the UEFA Europa League.

"Their strength is that they are a team. They play as a team. You can see their work. They defend well. We will play against a very good team. We could not do high intensity work. At least we know what we need to do tactically."

"I do not separate the other clubs I have worked for as high platforms. Every club has goals. There is no difference between winning the Spanish League with Real Madrid and winning the Turkish League with Fenerbahçe. I have no regrets about my decision to come here. I am completely focused on what I want to do with the club."

"I won the Champions League with Porto 20 years ago. I won the Conference League with Roma two years ago. I still have the ambitions I had 20 years ago. Fenerbahçe is a club with ambitions. I feel the same fire and ambition inside me. Nothing has changed for me except my appearance.

"Fenerbahçe want to win cups. The situations we are in to achieve our goals here are very difficult, Turkish people understand very well what I mean. There are difficult conditions in the league. There are good and bad things in this strange format (Europa League). One of the good things is that teams from the Champions League are no longer coming to this tournament. We hope to pass the first stage."

"I have won against Dutch teams often in the past because I have managed good teams. It has nothing to do with me, it has to do with the potential of the teams. The games I have played against Dutch teams were difficult. I like to win, I do not like to lose. When Dutch teams play at home, these games are very difficult. We will play both Twente and AZ away, which I am not happy about. Just the airport is an hour away, so that is a challenge. Dutch teams have a certain amount of pragmatism. I can say that Twente is a very good team."

Note that Twente vs. The Fenerbahce game will be played on October 3 at 21:00 CEST.