Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 08:11 / Updated Tuesday, September 30, 2025 08:11
Benfica, coached by Jose Mourinho, plays this evening with Chelsea, on Stamford Bridge, in stage #2 of the unique group of the Champions League. The match starts at 22:00 and is LiveText at GSP.ro.
Jose Mourinho returns tonight on a stadium where he was at home for 5 years. First of all, between 2004 and 2007, then in 2013 – 2015. When he did it as Manchester United manager, in 2017, some host fans nicknamed him. And he simply replied: “Juda is still number 1.”
Now he comes with Benfica, but nothing has changed in his speech. “I am still the biggest coach in Chelsea's history. And I will stay the biggest until someone wins with Chelsea four titles in the Premier League”, The Portuguese technician pointed out at the press conference preceding this evening with his former team.
Jose Mourinho: “The Champions League is harder to win than the World Clubs”
In the first term on the Blue Bank, carried out between 2004 and September 2007, Mourinho won two England champion titles, two League cups and England Cup. In his second period, from 2013 to 2015, he added the third title and another Cup of the England League.
He minimized the triumph of the blue at the World Club Championship, in the summer, but claims that Chelsea can award his Champions League: “The Champions League is much harder to win than the World Club Championship, of course it is. Chelsea has the potential to do.
Jose Mourinho: “I'm not blue anymore … I'm red and I want to win”
.Mourinho only won as a traveling coach on Stamford Bridge-1-0 with Inter Milan in 2010, in a campaign that led to his second triumph in the Champions League.
“I have already played here with Tottenham, Manchester United and Inter Milano. In 90 minutes, I didn't think about where I am or with whom I play with. But, as I said, I'm not blue anymore … I'm red and I want to win, “the Portuguese technician warned Londoners.
