Jose Mourinho's arduous journey
The Portuguese strategist's Fenerbahce had to say goodbye early to the UEFA Champions League after a 2-3 aggregate defeat against Lille.
In the first leg, coach Jose Mourinho and his team lost to the home team Lille with a narrow score of 1-2. Therefore, Fenerbahce's chance to turn the game around is not small, especially with Edin Dzeko and his teammates playing on the "fire pan" of Sukru Saracoglu.
Unfortunately, after more than 120 minutes of play, Fenerbahce still could not defeat the team from France. The 1-1 draw forced the "big guy" of Turkish football to leave the UEFA Champions League right in the third qualifying round and had to play in the Europa League.
This is the first time that coach Jose Mourinho has failed to get his team past the qualifying rounds of the most prestigious tournament in European football. Don't forget, the "special one" once helped Porto and Inter Milan win the "elephant ear cup".
The final defeat against Lille ended the Portuguese strategist's "honeymoon" at Fenerbahce in disappointment. Now, the most important goal of Edin Dzeko and his teammates is to compete for the Super Lig title with their arch-rivals Galatasaray.
It should be noted that the last time Fenerbahce won the Super Lig championship was in the 2013/2014 season. Therefore, the ultimate task for coach Jose Mourinho is to help the team nicknamed Sari Kanaryalar successfully end this title drought.
Theoretically, Fenerbahce's chances of winning the Super Lig are huge. Simply put, coach Jose Mourinho has a series of quality stars, typically Dominik Livakovic, Dusan Tadic, Fred, Edin Dzeko, Allan Saint-Maximin, Youssef En-Nesyri...
A difficult journey awaits the "special one" ahead. Let's wait and see whether coach Jose Mourinho can help Fenerbahce achieve resounding success or will he have to leave Sukru Saracoglu Stadium "without fanfare"?
