Real Madrid

Jose Mourinho gave a press conference the day before facing Levante in La Liga.

"Our schedule in February is more complicated than our opponents'. We'll face Levante (who are fourth on the table) and Rayo Vallecano (one of the suprises of the season  thanks to the points they've taken and the quality football they play). We'll face Espanyol in March and they're also having a fantastic run in the championship, fighting to qualify for the Champions League or at least the Europa League next year. This is a series of complicated games."

"I expect the match to be difficult because Levante pressurise very well and have an excellent counterattack. They deserve credit for defeating us in the first leg and to be where they are on the table. They are currently fourth and deserve to end the season that high up because coach, players and club alike are doing an impressive job. I expect it to be difficult."

"The team is the only thing that matters and we all have to help out in defence due to the offensive style we have. We have to pressurise and fall back when we lose the ball. Our attackers weren't used to having to defend, but we've been improving on that. Higuain, Benzema and Cristiano are proving this."

"Nuri Sahin is doing better and will be on the bench again tomorrow. We'll see if he plays or not; it will depend on the game and my needs."

"Casillas has passed more than 500 performance enhancing drug tests, just like Rafa Nadal, who is also a friend of mine."

"You should know the answer to your question about me staying on next season. I'm not feeding those rumours, so you'll have to ask your sources. You say they are anonymous, but I think they're imaginary. If your source is indeed anonymous talk to it; if it's imaginary then simply come up with an answer to your question."

"I have nothing to do with Eladio Parames' Twitter account. He works for me, but he's also independent and entitled to his own opinion. I'm not the one who dictates what he should say. I don't have social network accounts and I don't like them; it must be because I'm too old for them. All my Facebook profiles are fake."