Mourinho: Manchester City can't buy Real Madrid's trophies and history

The Portuguese coach launches a broadside at the Eastlands outfit before their Champions League tie, insisting that Roberto Mancini's side cannot compete with his club's past.

Jose Mourinho has taunted Manchester City before the club's Champions League battle withReal Madrid at the Bernabeu on Tuesday evening, declaring that, while Roberto Mancini's side may currently be winning trophies, no other club can compare when it comes to Madrid's glittering past.

The Portuguese coach is well-known for his mind games, and his latest comments could be seen as an attempt to protect his side should it struggle in the opening group stage game against the star additions at City.

"There are some things that money can’t buy - trophies and history," he told The Sun. "Real Madrid is Real Madrid, it's the real thing. A club no football result, no cup competition, no coach, no player can ever change. Quite simply Real Madrid is a club like no other. It's incomparable with any other club in the world.

"There is no team anywhere that can be compared with Real Madrid. None."

Mourinho contrasted the outlook of both clubs, suggesting that while City's owners will be desperate to announce themselves on the global stage with a Champions League crown, the pressure on him to deliver one at Madrid is tempered by the club's huge past trophy haul.

"This [City] is a team being created to lift the Champions League, that's their aim," he said. "A lot of top managers and clubs have never won a Champions League. So if I have won it twice and Real have won it a record nine times... well we should say 'Thanks to God'. And if a third comes for me and a 10th title comes for Real Madrid this season - amazing.

“We will accept it all with a smile. But there is no pressure on us. There is no obsession to win it here. There are great clubs but the pressure and the expectation is the greatest here at Real Madrid. It is huge but it is an enjoyable pressure, not a suffocating one."

Mourinho did have praise for Mancini's team, however, describing it as "a powerful side", and singled out Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli as City's danger men for the tie.

"I don't like to speak about opponents individually but it's no problem to say that we respect Carlos Tevez a lot," the manager went on. "I also know Mario Balotelli and the player he is because we were together at Inter for two years and so he certainly has nothing to prove to me."/goal.com/

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AC Milan's Allegri: I'm a little bit worried, it's not good enough to be playing like this

The Rossoneri tactician has seen his side make the worst start at home in a league campaign for over 80 years and concedes the team needs to be producing better performances.

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has shrugged off criticism in the wake of overseeing the club's worst home start to the season since 1930, claiming his side requires patience after succumbing 1-0 to Atalanta./goal.com/

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Vilanova thrilled with Barcelona victory over Getafe

The Barca coach pointed out that his side has already won in the two fixtures that derailed its title hopes last year, while also giving his response to Carles Puyol's injury.

Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova has praised his side's resolve after securing a 4-1 victory away to Getafe, a fixture that the club suffered defeat in last season./goal.com/

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Roma coach Zeman slams modern attitudes

The 65-year-old has hit out at the way some players behave both on and off the pitch, claiming that the financial rewards of the game are turning football into an individual sport.

Roma coach Zdenek Zeman has taken a swipe at the behavior of modern footballers, slamming their financial motives and contracts which endorse unsportsmanlike behavior.

The experienced manager took over the reigns at the Stadio Olimpico this summer and stated his belief that the lucrative contracts given to many top players are harming the image of the game./goal.com/

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Mancini: Manchester City will be a top team like Real Madrid in 10 years

The Premier League champion's manager responds to opposite number Jose Mourinho, who had claimed that the club's money could not buy history.

Roberto Mancini admits that his Manchester City side is nowhere near as big or successful asReal Madrid but expects the two to be on the same level in the next decade./goal.com/

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Genoa 1-3 Juventus: Second-half comeback maintains 100 percent record for champion

Giaccherini, Vucinic and Asamoah all hit after the interval to pull the Bianconeri back from one goal down, extending their unbeaten run to 42 games in the process.

A second-half fightback from Juventus drove the Serie A champion to a 3-1 victory overGenoa, making it three wins out of three for the Turin battlers. 

Ciro Immobile had fired the home team into an early lead, but Emanuele Giaccherini's finish followed by a penalty from Mirko Vucinic ensured that the Old Lady would take all three points from the Stadio Communale. /goal.com/

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Jozy Altidore nets hat trick in 4-0 AZ win

The USA striker was back at it for his club on Sunday, netting a hat trick in a 4-0 win over Roda.

dJozy Altidore got back in the swing of club play quickly after the international break, scoring three times for AZ as the club ran out to a 4-0 win over Roda JC.

Altidore opened the scoring just 13 minutes in before Erik Falkenburg put the team up 2-0 just under half an hour into the game.

Altidore put the score out of reach just before halftime with his second of the day, giving his team a comfortable 3-0 lead heading into the break. In the 65th the big American rounded out his day with a third and gave the game its final scoreline. 

The big striker now has seven goals at this early stage of the season, putting him well on pace to top his career-best numbers from last season./goal.com/

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