Jose says United are far behind top teams

candidates to win the Champions League and we did the best we could. Since the draw, we knew we would be fighting with Valencia for the second position. We are far, a bit far, behind Juventus. They are in a different level of quality, stability, experience and know-how. ‘Juventus have won seven Serie A titles in a row, reached two Champions League finals in the last four years and are still not happy with what they have. ‘They want more, they want more. They wanted Cristiano Ronaldo, they wanted Leonardo Bonucci, they go for the best players in the world. ‘They are a big club with a past and a big desire to have a big future. They put everything there to try to win, not just the Champions League, but the Treble.’ United were outplayed by Juventus in the first half as the Italian visitors reached the break on the back of 72-percent possession and ten shots to just one. But United did improve and could have snatched a draw when Paul Pogba struck the post late on. Mourinho has more than £550million worth of players to call on at Old Trafford but was disappointed his board didn’t give him more in the summer. ‘To get to Juventus level, Real Madrid level, Barcelona level, Manchester City level — how do you reach this level?,’ he asked rhetorically. ‘But it’s not easy, of course. ‘Most of the quality players belong to top teams, so we work with what we have. ‘We deserved a goal, a draw, but it was not possible.’ Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri said: ‘We played a fantastic first half, we probably should have scored a second goal. In the second half we gave the ball away on a few occasions but we played well.’