Jose Mourinho does not care who Chelsea face in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals following their 2-0 victory over Galatasaray.
First-half goals from Samuel Eto'o and Gary Cahill at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night wrapped up a 3-1 aggregate success over Galatasaray, who had former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba leading their line.
The draw for the last eight takes place tomorrow and the likes of holders Bayern Munich, and Mourinho's former club Real Madrid, and Barcelona are lying in wait for Chelsea.
However, two-time European Cup winner Mourinho is not troubled by his side's potential opponents and will welcome the challenge.
“We wait for the draw. It doesn't matter who,” Mourinho said. “All the big candidates to win the competition. Welcome to any one of them.”
Drogba's return to Stamford Bridge had dominated the headlines in the build-up to the game, but the striker rarely caused a threat as Chelsea comfortably became the first, and potentially only, Premier League club to reach the quarter-finals this season.
Mourinho said: “It was a very good performance, very solid, very compact, no fears and a very good approach to the game.
“Even if you are winning 2-0, it is difficult because if they score one goal you are on the limit. The team was very solid and confident and very much in control for the 90 minutes which is difficult to do.
“The 2-0 score kept the game alive to the end, but the way we played was very solid so even with 2-0, we were very much in control and had the best chances to score again.”
Drogba had a subdued game but Mourinho believes that this was down to a lack of service and the close marking of his defenders.
“The most difficult thing was the way his team played. For every striker in the world, if your team doesn't produce attacking football then you feel a lonely man,” he said.
Real Madrid unsurprisingly booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after wrapping up an emphatic aggregate victory over Schalke - but the Spanish side's night was soured by a potentially serious injury to talented young forward Jese.
A brace from Cristiano Ronaldo — his 40th and 41st goals of the season — and one for Alvaro Morata sealed a 3-1 victory on the night as Madrid dotted the i's and crossed the t's on a last-16 tie that was as good as over in the wake of their 6-1 victory in the first leg three weeks ago.
