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A 1-5 defeat in the Champions League game, allowing the Turkish Super League champion to appear! Mourinho has been dismissed for 20 days and signed with Benfica

10:00pm, 19 September 2025【Football】

On September 19, on the third day of the first round of the Champions League, two league champion teams won, including La Liga champion Barcelona 2-1 Newcastle, and Portuguese Super League champion Portugal Sports 4-1 Almaty Keilat. Serie A champion Napoli lost 0-2 to Manchester City with 10 players, and the Domestic Super League overlord Galatasaray became the team that conceded the most goals in the first round of the Champions League. A 1-5 defeat in the Champions League game made the Turkish Super League champion appear! Mourinho signed a contract with Benfica for 20 days after class.

In the past three seasons, Galatasaray has won the championship in the Turkish Premier League in a row. After Mourinho coached Fenerbahce, he was no match for Galatasaray and missed the league championship. Galatasaray has won 25 championships in the Turkish Premier League and dominated the domestic league. But in the Champions League, Galatasaray's performance was completely different.

The first round of the Champions League away against Frankfurt, ranked fifth in the Bundesliga. In the 8th minute of the game, Sane assisted Akkin with a left-footed shot in the counterattack, and Galatasaray took the lead. The subsequent game became a goal performance in Frankfurt. In the 37th minute, Galatasaray defender Sanchez belonged to the post. In stoppage time, Uzun turned around and scored a goal. Galatasaray defender Singo belonged to the post. Frankfurt took the score to 3-1 at the end of the first half. In the second half, Berkat and Knauf broke the goal of Galatasaray, who lost 1-5 to Frankfurt.

In the Turkish Super League this season, Galatasaray won all five games at the beginning, scoring 15 goals and conceding only 1 goal. It is worth mentioning that Galatasaray won two penalty kicks in the first round of the Turkish Super League against Gaziantep in the first half, and one opponent was sent off in the second half. In the second round, facing Karagumluk, the opponent was sent off 23 minutes into the game. Galatasaray, who walked sideways in the Turkish Premier League, immediately suffered a big loss in the Champions League. Previously, Mourinho had publicly criticized the Turkish Super League and the Galatasaray club, believing that the Turkish Super League is taking too much care of Galatasaray, and now it is true.

Last season in the Champions League, Galatasaray was eliminated by the Swiss young man in the play-offs and missed the Champions League main match. He came to the UEFA Cup and ranked 14th. He lost to Alkmaar in the play-offs. After the first round of the Champions League this season, Galatasaray ranked second from the bottom (Atlanta 0-4 Paris ranked last), Galatasaray's game was exposed and could only be "outside the nest". Mourinho was treated unfairly in the Turkish Super League. After Fenerbahce was dismissed, he was soon invited by Benfica to officially coach the Portuguese Super League giants. The 62-year-old Mourinho is still very popular.