Al Jazira boss Henk ten Cate has taken a swipe at Jose Mourinho ahead of his side's Club World Cup clash with Real Madrid.

The Abu Dhabi side take on the European and Spanish champions in the semi-final of the competition on Wednesday.

Unsurprisingly, Zinedine Zidane's side are huge favourites with Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and the returning Gareth Bale all in line to feature.

And Ten Cate has suggested his side will have to adopt an ultra-defensive approach...taking a leaf out of Mourinho's book.

"We need three buses. Maybe Mourinho can come by and stick two more buses in front of our goal," he joked.

Al Jazira coach Henk ten Cate (
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Al Jazira players celebrate (
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Jose Mourinho speaks during a press conference (
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"Dreaming is OK, but you must not become stupid, you must be realistic. And if you are realistic, the chances of winning are not really big.

"The difference in quality is just too huge. But my team will fight, like they did before, they will fight until the bitter end.

"It's kind of funny as the same boys playing the PlayStation on the bus are tomorrow facing the real stars. It's really for them probably a life-changing situation.

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"If you look up to big players, we watch every day the Spanish, German and English leagues, now you are facing someone like Cristiano Ronaldo who has won five Ballon d'Ors.

"And now you are standing next to him in the tunnel to enter the field to play a game against him. I can only imagine what that means to those boys. They are super motivated, I hope they are not too nervous, it's going to be alright I think."

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