Sporting outclassed in Champions League, need Mourinho-style comeback | OneFootball

Sporting lost 3-0 in the first leg and heads into the return match with an extremely difficult mission. To advance in the UEFA Champions League, the team led by Rui Borges will have to win by four goals or, at the very least, by three to take the tie into extra time and possible penalties.

The numbers show that this will not be an easy task. The last time Bodø/Glimt suffered a four-goal defeat in European competitions was in the 2021/22 season — and the culprit was José Mourinho, now the coach of Benfica.

At that time, the Norwegian team faced Roma in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League. Interestingly, the Italian side was coached by the "Special One" and also featured the Portuguese players Rui Patrício and Sérgio Oliveira, as well as the Belgian international and former Benfica player, Mile Svilar.

After losing 2-1 in Norway at the Aspmyra Stadion, Roma responded in style at the Stadio Olimpico and thrashed 4-0, securing a place in the semi-finals of the competition, which they eventually won against Feyenoord, with Orkun Kokçu and Fredrik Aursnes - who is currently injured .

In that match, played on April 14, 2022, the main protagonist was Nicolò Zaniolo, who scored a hat-trick in just 26 minutes. Tammy Abraham also scored in the game which remains the last time the Norwegians suffered such a heavy defeat in European competitions.

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