Both teams lost! Mourinho angrily criticized the referee and suggested that he could qualify for the Champions League without even needing 10 points.

After the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain lost to Liverpool and Bayern Munich respectively, leaving only 3 teams with unbeatable wins. There are 9 teams left without a win, and the bottom 2 teams are still completely defeated.

After the coaching change, Juventus still has not improved much. After the draw with Sporting CP, it is difficult to win a win in 4 games. With 3 draws and 1 loss, Juventus is temporarily ranked 26th. Next, Juventus will face Bode Shine and AEP Paphos. Spalletti's chance to win for the first time should be coming soon.

Among the unbeaten teams, Juventus has the highest ranking, and the remaining eight teams are all ranked in the bottom eight positions. Villarreal is another team from the five major leagues. Although Villarreal ranks high in La Liga, ranking third behind the top two teams Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​they cannot win in the Champions League. Moreover, in the 4 games, they were only able to score against Juventus, and were unable to score in the other 3 games. In this round, they also gave AEP Paphos their first Champions League victory in the team's history.

Somewhat surprisingly, Benfica and Ajax are the two teams that have lost all 4 of the 36 teams in the Champions League. Ajax ranks fourth in the Eredivisie, which is actually not too bad. However, when Osimhen scored a hat-trick, Ajax failed to score even one point in 4 Champions League games, which is really a pity. Ajax conceded a total of 14 goals, and only Weghorst scored 1 penalty kick. The goals were weak and the defense was very poor. It was the biggest problem facing the Eredivisie team.

Benfica is different. After Mourinho took over, they have not lost a single match in domestic leagues and cups. They are one of the only teams in major European leagues to remain undefeated. However, the Champions League suffered 4 consecutive defeats, 3 of which were led by Mourinho. After losing to Qarabach in the first game, Lage was dismissed. Mourinho subsequently lost to two Premier League teams, Chelsea and Newcastle. In this round, he faced the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen and swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat again. Two of the losses were by a score of 0-1, which is a pity.

After the defeat, Mourinho was furious, thinking that he did not like to protest for the sake of protest. However, when a team often engages in unethical sports behavior, it can only be said that there is only one person who needs to be responsible, and that is the referee. The responsibility for the ugliness of the game lies with the person who allowed such behavior to occur. Changing the subject, Mourinho also said that he did not think the team lost because of the referee, just because there was no goal.

Indeed, in the whole game, Benfica at home had 21 shots, 14 more than their opponents, and hit the target 6 times, 3 more than their opponents. However, the score ended at 0-1. One can imagine how disappointed Mourinho was.

In the next few games, Benfica will also face Ajax, Naples, Juventus and Real Madrid, all of which are well-known opponents. In this regard, Mourinho believes that it does not require 12 points or 11 points, or even 10 points, to qualify. There are still two games this year. If they get all 6 points, Benfica can return to the ranks of competition.

Last season in the Champions League, 24th-placed Club Brugge scored 11 points, while Dinamo Zagreb, who also had 11 points, was eliminated due to a low goal difference. However, Mourinho hinted that it might not be impossible to reach the top 24 without 10 points. The biggest difference this season is that after learning from the experience of teams such as Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain who narrowly qualified last season, the winning rate of the rich and powerful teams has improved a lot, resulting in lower scores for the following teams.

Take Atletico Madrid as an example. Last season, it had 6 points after 4 rounds and could only be ranked 23rd. This season, it has 6 points after 4 rounds and is already ranked 17th. Last season, they were only ranked 29th with 3 points in 4 rounds, but this season they are ranked 25th, close to qualifying. It can be seen that the wealthy teams have "absorbed" all the points. Naturally, the points for the 24th place will be reduced a lot. Perhaps, as Mourinho said, with 9 points or 10 points, there is a chance to qualify for the play-offs.

What’s interesting is that in the next round, the two completely defeated teams will meet directly. Benfica challenges Ajax away. I believe this is an important game related to qualifying. The losing team can basically bid farewell to the Champions League in advance. Even if Mourinho can get his first victory, Naples, Juventus and Real Madrid will still have to win at least 2 games, which is really difficult.