The Borussia Dortmund squad flew to Spain today knowing they still have work to do to reach the Champions League final, based on director of activity Michael Zorc. Zorc was part of the Dortmund group which last won Europe's premier team competition in 1997 and is currently on the verge of achieving the last as part of the club's managerial staff. But, despite last Wednesday's impressive 4-1 gain in the initial leg against Real Madrid, he has informed his people that the link remains very much alive. "We know well and good that Real will always be effective at turning games similar to this around inside their history," he explained ahead of tomorrow night's 2nd leg in the Spanish capital. "We realize that they have enough quality to do this and they have shown it often enough already. "We need to perform as well as we did in the first leg if we are to reach the final." True have scored 78 targets in 26 games at the Bernabeu this year, on nine occasions winning with a margin which could see them advance to the Wembley closing. They have lost just one of their 17 home European fits under Jose Mourinho, and been beaten only twice by German opposition on home soil. "We understand that Real Madrid may perform differently at the Bernabeu to how they enjoyed in Dortmund," Zorc believed to Sport1 television. "I think we are going to come up against something very good. (But) if we perform the way in which we did in the group stage or against them a week ago, then I'm not worried." PA
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