The Portuguese has reached the last four on seven
previous occasions but will go one better than that on Tuesday night and
surpass Sir Alex Ferguson's tally
Jose Mourinho will break Sir Alex Ferguson's record of Champions League semi-final appearances when
Chelsea travel to
Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night.
The
tie will be the eighth time the Portuguese has taken charge of a last
four encounter in Europe's premier competition and his third at the
Stamford Bridge helm.
| MOU TOPS SEMI SPOTS |
 |
Jose Mourinho
(Chelsea)
Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
Marcello Lippi
(Juventus)
Miguel Munoz
(Real Madrid)
Louis van Gaal
(Ajax, Barca, Bayern)
Pep Guardiola (Barcelona, Bayern) |
8 - '04, '05, '07, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14
7 - '97, '99, '02, '07, '08, '09, '11
5 - 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003
5 - 1960, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1973
5 - 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2010
5 - '09, '10, '11, '12, '14 |
Mourinho made his Champions League debut in 2001-02, when he took over
midway through the season at Porto, but won the competition in his first
full tilt at the title, in 2003-04 (having claimed the Uefa Cup in
2002-03).
That turned out to be his only Champions League
semi-final appearance with the club as he moved on to Chelsea that
summer. He took the
Blues to the cusp of European glory, losing out to Liverpool at the semi-final stage in both 2005 and 2007.
Mourinho
left Chelsea a matter of months into the next season and did not return
to football until the following campaign, when he agreed to coach
Inter. His first season in Milan ended with a Serie A title, but
disappointment in Europe as the
Nerazzurri exited to Manchester United in the last 16.
However, the Portuguese led the Italians to treble glory in 2009-10, as they claimed the
Scudetto, the Coppa Italia and the Champions League - Inter's first success in Europe's premier club competition since 1965.
That
was Mourinho's second Champions League victory and his fourth
semi-final in the competition. With three more added in consecutive
seasons at Madrid, he will now surpass Ferguson with eight last-four
appearances on Tuesday.
It is also the fifth straight campaign the 51-year-old has reached the penultimate round of the tournament.
Title : sports - Mourinho set to break record for Champions League semi-finals
Description : The Portuguese has reached the last four on seven previous occasions but will go one better than that on Tuesday night and surpass Sir ...