The Jose Mourinho disaster » Two teams without a point in the Champions League, one for the Portuguese
Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 06 November 2025, 00:18 / Updated on Thursday, 06 November 2025 00:18
Benfica lost to Bayer Leverkusenscore 0-1, in a match of stage #4 of the Champions League and remained one of the two teams that did not collect a point in the current edition.
The club led from the bench by the famous Jose Mourinho is in the Champions League ranking below teams like Kairat Almaty or Pafos. In the same critical situation is Ajax, the traditional Dutch team that was demolished this evening by the Turks from Galatasaray, score 0-3.
Jose Mourinho's Champions League disaster: 0 points midway through the main stage
In the four matches played by the Portuguese, they scored only two goals and conceded eight. Jose Mourinho's team surprisingly lost in the first leg against Qarabag, score 2-3. Then it was defeated by Chelsea, score 0-1, by Newcastle, score 0-3, and in stage #4 it was defeated by Bayer Leverkusen.
Benfica was the team that dominated the game against the Germans in all aspects, but failed to score. Patrick Schick did it in the 65th minute and set the final score of the game.
Conversely, in the Portuguese league, with lower-ranked opponents, Jose Mourinho's side are going perfectly and are unbeaten, but still they are in 3rd place with 24 points, 1 point away from 2nd place Sporting and 4 points away from league leaders Porto.
It is also important to mention the fact that in the first match, the one with Qarabag, Mourinho had not been appointed.
Benfica still have 4 games to score in the most important interclub competition. The next one is with Ajax, another team in a crisis of points in the Champions League. Later, Napoli, Juventus and Real Madrid will follow.
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