Inter give Mourinho backing

Nerazzurri coach given vote of confidence ahead of Chelsea clash

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Inter give Mourinho backing

Mourinho: Chelsea challenge

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Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti insists Jose Mourinho's job is safe regardless of what happens in the UEFA Champions League clash with Chelsea.

Mourinho comes up against his former club in the knock-out stages of Europe's elite competition next month in the first of a two-legged affair at the San Siro.

Knowing only too well the threat they pose to his quest for European glory, he is preparing his side to be at their best against a Chelsea side desperate to claim their first Champions League crown.

Regardless of the outcome, Moratti claims the Inter coach should be safe in the knowledge that his role at the club will be unaffected.

Hurdle

"The Champions League should not become an obsession or a complex for us," he told La Stampa, before pointing out his father's success as club president when winning the tournament in the 1964-65 campaign.

"That's not the case for me, thanks to the fact that as a family, we have already won this title.

"We know, however, that we have to work from a psychological standpoint to overcome the first hurdle."

Moratti gave his full backing to Mourinho, who has done a sterling job since joining the Serie A leaders.

Asked if the Portuguese tactician could lose his post should Inter fail to progress, he simply said: "No, the coach will remain with us."

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