A sensational reversal for the Special One: exonerated at the end of August by the Faberbache (eliminated by Benfica), it goes from the Portuguese. Objective? Delete the descending parable of the last phase of the career
Some benches make immense turns and then return. Even quickly, if the owner is called Jose Mourinho And the fatal attraction is the one that clogs with the music of the Champions League’s Nanto. Brief summary of the story: the Special One (for many ex, now) is exonerated on 29 August by Fenerbache, eliminated by Benfica in the most important and rich access playoff playoff on the European panorama.
The unemployed period did not last long: 19 days. Goes to the bench of Benfica instead of Bruno Lage which was fatal the sensational defeat on the early evening of the Champions League against the Azeri outsiders of the Qarabag. The night brought advice to the Portuguese managers: via Lage, inside Mourinho. That at Benfica has already been in 2000 for a few months, the first experience as a head coach after having the apprenticeship at Barcelona as Van Gaal’s assistant.
In short, Mourinho is not yet ready for retirement as many had animated in the hours of farewell to Türkiye. With some elements in favor, given that for the Portuguese it was the fifth exemption (or consensual resolution) consecutive in the last ten years, from Real Madrid in 2015 to the Turks of Istanbul passing through Manchester United, Tottenham and Rome.
The sensational reverse against the Qarabag, however, reported the wheel of fate to the starting point. It is singular that JM returns to the bench with the club that had caused its removal from Fenerbache, unless it happens in a company that cannot accept to live the Champions League only as a supporting actor. The ambitions of Benfica are certainly superior to what was seen on the pitch against the willing Azeri and Mourinho has a story in the most important competition that speaks alone.
Then there is the return effect to Portugal from which Special One is missing since spring 2004 when, fresh winner of the Champions League with the port, he abandoned among the controversies. He has always confessed to point, sooner or later, to the role of selector of the Portuguese national team Which in the meantime has become great, managing to crown the dream of the conquest of a European (2016) with a side dish of two Nations League (2019 and 2025). Return to Benfica brings him closer, perhaps, to the goal.
