Jose Mourinho insists Chelsea vs. Schalke is not him vs. Roberto Di Matteo
Jose Mourinho says that Chelsea's clash with Schalke 04 on Tuesday night is not a battle between him and former Blues boss Roberto Di Matteo, who is now in charge of the German side.
"I don't play against him," stated Mourinho. "If I play against him, he wins because he plays better than me.
"Unless I am fitter, which I don't know, but normally he wins because he is much better than me. It is Chelsea against Schalke, it is not me against Di Matteo."
Mourinho said that the group was open for any team to qualify.
"The group is easy to analyse," Mourinho said. "Any one of us can finish first, second or third.
"Obviously Sporting (Lisbon) and Maribor can finish fourth also, but we can finish first, second or third.
"To finish third and go to the Europa League should be something that would be against the evolution of this team.
"This team wants to be a very good team and to be a very good team you have to play against the best teams in the best competitions.
"I would feel very frustrated if we have to go to the Europa League, so the objective is to get enough points in these two matches to go to the last 16."
