9 April 2013 Last up-to-date at 23:01 GMT True Madrid coach Jose Mourinho demands his group aren't afraid of any one of their possible Champions League semi-final opponents before Friday's bring. The Spanish winners beat Galatasaray 5-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and might now face Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Paris St-Germain, Bayern Munich or Juventus in the last four. "We do not know who we will play however it will be hard," said Mourinho. "Yet it is enough time to take pleasure from ourselves and perhaps not be nervous or afraid." German part Dortmund would be the only other group assured of these last-four position, with Barcelona experiencing PSG and Juventus meeting Bayern in Wednesday's ultimate two quarter-final second feet. True reached a record 24th semi-final in Europe's premier club opposition, despite a second-leg defeat in Istanbul. They started Tuesday's game with an appropriate 3-0 advantage from their house knee and appeared to put the link beyond the Turkish champions with Cristiano Ronaldo's early away goal. It left Galatasaray seeking five objectives to eliminate the nine-time European champions and achieve their first semi-final in 24 years. Emmanuel Eboue's thunderbolt levelled the game, before Wesley Sneijder's attack and Didier Drogba's backheel left Real rocking. But Ronaldo's next goal in injury-time - his 46th strike in 45 games this year - ended your home side's resistance. "I wasn't getting nervous because I have no time for it," said Mourinho. "I am on the table so I don't have any time to think or to feel it. The players are strong mentally. They did not play against 11, they played against 50,000 and it had been difficult for us. "It was the type of fit where you've everything to reduce and nothing to win." Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim admitted he began to "dream" about performing an extraordinary fightback following Drogba's target. "Maybe we could not knock Real Madrid from the competition but I believe we deserve the respect of the whole world," he said. "Our half-time staff talk was about the desire not to lose the overall game and the victory was brought by this. We have to keep our heads high and continue our way. "I expect Real Madrid win the Champions League and we may say that we dropped to the champions."
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