Jose Mourinho:Elimination match expert

Mourinho has not lost an elimination match or tie in two years and has seen off 12 teams in doing so

Jose Mourinho knows what it means to win the big ones. The Real Madrid manager, who has won the last three knockout competitions he has competed in (Coppa Italia, Champions League and Copa del Rey), has not lost an elimination match over the last two years. Since joining forces with Inter and losing the Italian Super Cup 2-1 to Lazio, he has gone on to eliminate the last 12 teams: Livorno, Juventus, Fiorentina, Chelsea, CSKA Moskva, Barcelona, Lyon, Tottenham, Murcia, Levante, Atletico and Sevilla . Mourinho hopes to extend the run with a solid performance against Barcelona on Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabeu.

MOURINHO'S 20 MONTH RUN
Date	Match	Round	Competition
16/12/09	Inter 1-0 Livorno	Round of 16	Coppa Italia 2009/10
28/01/10	Inter 2-1 Juventus	Quarterfinals
03/02/10	Inter 1-0 Fiorentina	Semifinals (1st leg)
13/04/10	Fiorentina 0-1 Inter	Semifinals (2nd leg)
05/05/10	Inter 1-0 Roma	Final*
24/02/10	Inter 2-1 Chelsea	Round of 16 (1st leg)	Champions League 2009/10
16/03/10	Chelsea 0-1 Inter	Round of 16 (2nd leg)
31/03/10	Inter 1-0 CSKA Moskva	Quarterfinals (1st leg)
06/04/10	CSKA Moskva 0-1 Inter	Quarterfinals (2nd leg)
20/04/10	Inter 3-1 Barcelona	Semifinals (1st leg)
28/04/10	Barcelona 1-0 Inter	Semifinals (2nd leg)
22/05/10	Bayern 0-2 Inter	Final*
26/10/10	Murcia 0-0 R. Madrid	Round of 32 (1st leg)	Copa del Rey 2010/11
10/11/10	R. Madrid 5-1 Murcia	Round of 32 (2nd leg)
22/12/10	R. Madrid 8-0 Levante	Round of 16 (1st leg)
06/01/11	Levante 2-0 R. Madrid	Round of 16 (2nd leg)
13/01/11	R. Madrid 3-1 Atletico	Quarterfinals (1st leg)
20/01/11	Atletico 0-1 R. Madrid	Quarterfinals (2nd leg)
26/01/11	Sevilla 0-1 R. Madrid	Semifinals (1st leg)
02/02/11	Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla	Semifinals (2nd leg)
20/04/11	Barcelona 0-1 R. Madrid	Final*
22/02/11	Lyon 1-1 R. Madrid	Round of 16 (1st leg)	Champions League 2010/11
16/03/11	R. Madrid 3-0 Lyon	Round of 16 (2nd leg)
05/04/11	R. Madrid 4-0 Tottenham	Quarterfinals (1st leg)
13/04/11	Tottenham 0-1 R. Madrid	Quarterfinals (2nd leg)

*Finals not counted

Mourinho has won 82% of the 22 knockout matches (not including finals) he has coached in over the last two years. His sensational record of 18 victories, two draws and only two defeats (one with Inter and one with Real Madrid) is a warning shot for Barcelona heading into the Champions League semifinals.