"I don't try to copy anybody, I'm Klopp"

The highly individualistic manager of Borussia Dortmund, Jürgen Klopp, sat down to talk to MARCA just 48 hours before the start of the much awaited Champions League semi-final match against Real Madrid. "I don't try to copy anybody, I'm Klopp", he laughed.

"How am I not going to smile if I am so lucky? I'd like to point out that I am not always smiling, but yes, I am happy. I have a good job, I'm at a great club, I have fantastic players and a fantastic coaching team. At the end of the day football is only a game, and I can't turn something so nice into a big drama. You can lose, or you can win", he said.

"Real Madrid will not make us change our style of play; we shall be going out there to enjoy ourselves. And it is true to say that they are much more than a side which plays to the counterattack, there is a lot of quality there", he added.

"For us, to win the Champions League would be fabulous, something incredible, something historic. That's the way I try to motivate the boys. These are going to be two very even matches. We have the memory of what happened in the first stage, but things have changed since then. Real Madrid looks to be stronger to me now", Klopp concluded.