Benfica disappoint against Chelsea, José Mourinho left counting the cost | OneFootball

Benfica, after the defeat against Chelsea, has suffered its second consecutive loss in the current edition of the Champions League. However, it's not only the Club da Luz that has been showing poor results in the millionaire competition, the same record has also been following the recent journey of José Mourinho.

As considered by the Playmaker portal, a specialist in statistical data, this was the fourth consecutive defeat of the Special One in the Champions League, not counting the qualifying matches. That is, in his latest participations in the millionaire competition, the Portuguese has had a negative record, which started when he was the coach of Tottenham.

Through its official account, on social network X, the same portal reveals that the Portuguese helmsman, who recently took over the technical command of Benfica, came from a series of three consecutive defeats at the helm of the English emblem, dating back to his participation in the competition in the 2022/23 season.

However, the bad news doesn't stop here. The same portal reveals that in addition to this being the fourth consecutive defeat of José Mourinho in the Champions, the Portuguese coach also does not have a friendly recent history. In total, the Special One has five defeats in his last participations, and the last victory that the Portuguese achieved was while serving Manchester United.

Remember that Playmaker also made a point of highlighting an unusual record on the part of Benfica. As considered, the defeat against Chelsea was the first 1-0 loss, in which the Club da Luz had to concede an own goal, which was led by Richard Ríos, still during the first half.

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