The Particular One is but to ship three factors in Europe this season…
Benfica supervisor Jose Mourinho stays optimistic about his staff’s probabilities of progressing past the Champions League’s first stage, even after a fourth consecutive loss in Europe.
The Portuguese facet suffered a 1-0 dwelling defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday, leaving them second-from-bottom within the expanded 36-team Champions League desk with no factors.
The 62-year-old coach took over at Benfica in September following the dismissal of Bruno Lage, who was sacked after a 3-2 dwelling defeat to Qarabag of their opening European fixture.
Mourinho, who famously received the competitors with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010, stays assured that Benfica can nonetheless flip issues round.
“No one can persuade me that we’re out,” Mourinho stated after the match.
“If everybody begins shouting that we’re out, they received’t persuade me. I can’t say that we’re going to qualify, however I refuse to simply accept that it’s over now; there are 12 factors to play for.
“Now we have an opportunity, the staff is bettering, there’s nothing that convinces me that we are able to’t struggle.”
“We don’t want 12 factors to qualify, nor 11, and I believe not even 10.
“However we’ve [upcoming games against] Napoli, Ajax, Juventus, Actual Madrid … Now we have two video games till the top of the calendar 12 months, and if we get six factors, we’re within the race.”
At present sitting third within the Portuguese league, Benfica will journey to Amsterdam to face Ajax on November 25 earlier than internet hosting Napoli on December 10 of their closing European fixture of the 12 months.
