VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCES WITH BENFICA MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO AND CHELSEA MANAGER ENZO MARESCA FOLLOWING THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH (RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST) SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (SEPTEMBER 30, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. BENFICA MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO WALKING INTO PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER 1-0 LOSS TO CHELSEA IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2. (SOUNDBITE)(English) BENFICA COACH JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: "My career took me to a position where everybody thinks that I have magic to make things happen. You know, I left Man United after winning things, I left Tottenham after taking the club to a final, I left Roma after two European finals because with me it's never enough. It's never enough, so if I am in the job it's because I like to put myself on the line every day. I have a fantastic family but they know how I am and they push me outside, they know that I need to work so, I am desperate to win the next match, that's the nature of the thing." 3. WHITE FLASH 4. (SOUNDBITE)(English) BENFICA COACH JOSE MOURINHO ON THE CHELSEA FANS WARM WELCOME, SAYING: "Yeah, but I don't fill myself with these memories. I fill myself in victories and results. Of course I thank them. I did it on the pitch, of course, I was focused on the game but you have always a little bit of… the sounds. And of course I thank them. You know, I live around and when I am in London I meet them every day on the streets. I know that is going to be a relation forever, hopefully I come back here in 20 years with my grandkids, they belong to my history and I belong to their history." 5. WHITE FLASH 6. MOURINHO GETTING UP FROM PRESSER AND TAKING PHOTO WITH UNKNOWN PERSON 7. CHELSEA COACH ENZO MARESCA WALKING INTO PRESS CONFERENCE 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) CHELSEA COACH ENZO MARESCA, SAYING: "Yeah, we need for sure the win, the three points for different reasons. I think first half we controlled the game, we scored the goal, we created more chances and we didn't concede nothing unless two or three transitions, that is normal. And then second half, for different reason, we drop, I think, we have some players on the pitch that unfortunately are not 100 percent but they are playing because we have seven or eight players out. But also I think it was good to win tonight in any case, even if sometimes you need to learn to win in an ugly way, like the last minutes of the game." STORY: Jose Mourinho enjoyed a warm welcome but a disappointing return to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday (September 30), a first-half own goal gifting Chelsea a 1-0 win over his new Benfica side in the Champions League. A scrappy game was decided in the 18th minute when Chelsea's Pedro Neto looped the ball to Alejandro Garnacho at the far post and the Argentine stretched to turn it across the face of goal where the unfortunate Richard Rios could only poke it in his own net. Mourinho, who won three league titles in two spells with Chelsea, waved and blew a kiss when the home supporters sang his name. The fans' mood contrasted strongly with previous visits when he was in charge of Manchester United and London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea will be relieved to have points on the Champions League board, despite finishing the game with 10 men after substitute Joao Pedro was sent off deep into added time for two yellow cards. Enzo Maresca's team lost their first Champions League outing in more than two years to Bayern Munich earlier this month. They started brightly, hogging possession and creating chances for Neto and Enzo Fernandez. Garnacho, signed this season from Manchester United, busily probed down the left wing. Benfica, who have lost all five of their meetings against the London side, looked dangerous in spells with Fredrik Aursnes and Georgiy Sudakov having shots blocked and Dodi Lukebakio forcing a save onto the post. But the game was a stop, start affair in the second half, with seven yellow cards brandished before Chelsea's red just before the final whistle. Benfica fans taunted their former player Fernandez as he took a corner in front of them late in the first half and the smiling Argentine clapped them which provoked a flurry of plastic cups from the stands. Mourinho strode down the touchline gesturing for the visiting fans to calm down. The Portuguese coach took charge of Benfica less than two weeks ago after the side lost their first Champions League game to Azerbaijan's Qarabag and the Lisbon side sacked Bruno Lage. (Production: Will Russell & David Grip)
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