Champions League | All 36 seasons in the new season are released, and the old coach Mourinho misses the main game again

Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point reporter Yin Chengjun

Can Mourinho use his limited time to bring honor to Fenerbahce? (Expand film) Xinhua News Agency reported that in the early morning of the 28th, all 36 teams participating in the new UEFA Champions League were produced. In the qualifying play-offs, Fenerbahce, coached by Mourinho, lost 0:1 to Benfica and fell in front of the Champions League goal for the second consecutive year. This was another unpleasant night for the arrogant Mourinho.

Mourinho officially became the head coach of the Turkish team Fenerbahce in June 2024. The reason why this former Turkish King hired Mourinho was to hope that he could lead the team to achieve something in the domestic league and European arena. However, as soon as he took office, he encountered the task of Fenerbahce in the qualifying round of the Champions League, and ended up high and low. He was eliminated by Ligue 1 team Lille in the third round of the qualifying round and could only participate in the Europa League.

This season, Fenerbahce started from the qualifying round again. In the early morning of August 28, they lost to Benfica 0:1, and were eliminated by their opponents with a total score of 0:1 in two rounds. The only goal scored was Turkey's international Aktilcoolu. Fenerbahce scored 0 shots in the game, which is the first time in Mourinho's coaching career.

In this regard, Mourinho also had to say that the opponent was a better team and was full of confidence in the next UEFA Cup championship. However, the Turkish media and fans did not give up. They believed that almost all players of a team declined, which should be the responsibility of the head coach. This remark made Mourinho angry, and he began to respond with his previous stubborn tone: "Fenebache hasn't participated in the Champions League for a long time. Don't make it seem like Fenerbache qualified for the Champions League before I came."

Indeed, Fenerbache's last participation in the Champions League was dated back to the 2008-2009 season, but then again, isn't this team Hi-Tech hired Mourinho just to change this decline? But Mourinho failed to prove himself with convincing results, and was also sorry for his annual salary of up to 10.5 million euros. The contract he signed was two years old. If his performance this season does not improve and he cannot win the Turkish Super League or the Europa League championship, he will also lose the opportunity to renew his contract.

So far, all the top 36 participating in the Champions League this season were produced, namely:

First

(Defensive Champion) Paris Saint-Germain (France)

(1) Real Madrid (Spain)

(2) Manchester City (England)

(3) Bayern Munich (Germany)

(4) Liverpool (England)

(5) Inter Milan (Italy)

(6) Chelsea (England)

(7) Dortmund (Germany)

(8) Barcelona (Spain)

Second

(9) Arsenal (England)

(10) Leverkusen (Germany)

(11) Atletico Madrid (Spain)

(12) Benfica (Portugal)

(13) Atlético (Italy)

(14) Villarreal (Spain)

(15) Juventus (Italy)

(16) Frankfurt (Germany)

(17) Bruges (Belgium)

Third

(18) Tottenham Hotspur (England)

(19) Eindhoven (Netherlands)

(20) Ajax (Netherlands)

(21) Naples (Italy)

(22) Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)

(23) Olympiacos (Greece)

(24) Slavia (Czech Republic)

(25) Bode Shining (Norway)

(26) Marseille (France)

4

(27) Copenhagen (Denmark)

(28) Monaco (France)

(29) Galatasaray (Turkey)

(30) San Giros United (Belgium)

(31) Karabakh (Azerbaijan)

(32) Bilbao (Spain)

(33) Newcastle United (England)

(34) Paphos (Cyprus)

(35) Keilat (Kazakhstan)

Note: The brackets before the team name are the club's European points ranking. The UEFA Champions League draw will be held at 0:00 a.m. on the 29th.