Top 10 Jose Mourinho Champions League Moments

As the former Chelsea boss returns to Stamford Bridge we rank the most memorable moments from the 'Special One's' colourful Champions League career...

Mar 14, 2010 1:00:00 PM

By Patrick Reilly

More On :  Chelsea FC, FC Internazionale, José Mourinho
Jose Mourinho - Chelsea (AFP)

10) Last Match At The Bridge 2007

Jose's final appearance in the dug out at Stamford Bridge was witnessed by the lowest home crowd during his tenure at Chelsea. With 17,000 empty seats the Blues missed a glut of chances against lowly Rosenborg and had to thank Andriy Shevchenko, a player foisted on Mourinho, for bailing them out for a draw. After a defeat to Aston Villa and a draw with Blackburn Rovers Roman Abramovich had seen enough bringing the Portuguese manager's three year spell to an end.
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9) Return To Porto 2004

Having not stuck around to enjoy winning the Champions League earlier in the
year the Special One made an unexpected return to the Estadio do Dragao later in 2004. Porto's President had tried to wind up his former manager by making some choice allegations while the home fans were supposedly out to lynch their one time idol. In the end he got a polite round of applause as Porto ran out 2-1 winners over Chelsea although Mourinho couldn't resist adding they were 'extra motivated.'

8) The Camp Nou Knee Slide 2006

Didier Drogba's last gasp equaliser prompted some classic Mourinho celebrations as he slid along the Camp Nou turf in his stylish suit enraging the Cules and presumably his drycleaner too.

7) Winding Up Carlo Ancelotti 2010

Upon hearing his former Serie A rival had landed his old job Mourinho
immediately told the world that Ancelotti was 'no friend of mine.'Ahead of their
Champions League last 16 clash he's kept up the animosity by claiming that
Ancelotti 'belongs to the clan' ensuring the atmosphere between the pair will be equally frosty in London as it was in the San Siro.

6) The Goal That Never Was 2005

Suggesting Mourinho is a bad loser is a bit like saying Angelina Jolie isn't bad
looking. Furious at the manner of Liverpool's controversial Champions League
semi-final winner Mourinho went on the offensive saying 'it was a goal that came from the moon...the best team lost...Liverpool scored, if you can say they
scored, because maybe you should say the linesman scored,' before strangely
adding 'I don't want to criticise them.' No wonder the press love him!

5) Frisking Up The Referee 2005

Drama follows the Special One wherever he goes and he was branded an 'enemy of football' for accusing the Swedish referee Anders Frisk and then Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard of meeting at half-time in their 2-1 away defeat. Death threats and the enforced retirement of the official swiftly followed in one of the lower moments of Mourinho's career.

4) Laundry Drama 2005

Truth or legend? With Mourinho it's best to believe the latter as it's alleged
he escaped his match ban for the Frisk controversy by hiding in a laundry basket and springing out on his players in the dressing room to deliver his team talk against Bayern Munich in the quarter finals. With his assistant Rui Faria wearing a suspicious winter hat in spring it was suggested that Mourinho was covertly communicating with him in a scene straight out of a Bond movie.

3) Old Trafford Pitch Invasion 2004

Jose introduced himself to the English consciousness in typically brash fashion
as he celebrated with glee Costinha's last gasp winner by energetically
sprinting up the Old Trafford touchline and jumping around with the enthusiasm of a kid who finds the Christmas presents a day early. Fergie wasn't impressed and kept the wine for himself afterwards while Mourinho caught the eye of Roman Abramovich.

2) Naming The Barcelona Team 2005

'Do you want to know my team? I can say my team and Barcelona team' Mourinho goaded the press as he reeled off his Chelsea starting XI then did the same for Frank Rijkaard's Barcelona and just in case we didn't know he named the referee too. He was spot on and it succeeded in turning the psychological screw on Barcelona for the memorable double header of matches in the last 16 where tensions with his normally cool opposite number reached fever pitch. 

1) Winning The Champions League 2004

Porto finished runners up behind Real Madrid in the group stage before
eliminating Manchester United, Lyon and Deportivo La Coruna to reach the final
where they met AS Monaco. Porto romped home 3-0 scoring two goals in the space of four second half minutes to put the seal on the Mourinho legend as he claimed his first, and so far only, Champions League crown. He swiftly made tracks for Chelsea and the Special One would be christened a few days after the Gelsenkirchen triumph.  

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