Jose Mourinho’s rocky return at Benfica – and that special moment

“Moments can change things. Games, seasons, careers. Jose Mourinho needed a moment. He needed something close to a miracle to save his first season back at Benfica, where he had first managed at senior level 26 years ago, and that was before their final league-phase match in the Champions League, at home against Real Madrid, had even begun on Wednesday evening. Out of both Portuguese cups and a distant third in the Primeira Liga, 10 points behind leaders Porto, the unlikely chance of making it to the Champions League’s play-off round next month was their only hope of salvaging something tangible from the campaign. …”
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