Mourinho hopes for third time lucky

Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho is hopeful that his side can make it third time lucky by reaching the Champions League final at the expense of Borussia Dortmund.

Mourinho is in his third season in charge at the Bernabeu and Real have fallen at the semi-final stage of the Champions League in each of his first two campaigns.

Now the Portuguese hopes that the football fates will favour his team, who head to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their semi-final on Wednesday evening.

"We've been on the brink for three years and we have a style of the play that guarantees quality.

"I would like football to do justice to our players, because with a few exceptions, none of them have won this competition so far and they deserve to do so.

"We've fallen in two semi-finals. At this club to finish second is not enough, nor is it to reach the semi-finals. We need to give our maximum to reach the final."

Mourinho has already named his starting eleven for the game in Germany, with Angel Di Maria expected to start following the birth of his daughter.

Real are 11.00 to secure a 2-2 draw in Germany and are 1.48 to reach the final, while they are 3.10 to seal a record tenth success in Europe's premier club competition.

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