Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has pointed to Chelsea’s struggles in the Champions League in recent times, insisting Chelsea can win again but may have to wait.
A competition that has seen Mourinho win twice, with FC Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010, has rather escaped the Portuguese during his time at Chelsea.
Mourinho admits his side may have to wait for a repeat of 2012’s glory due to the complexity of the competition.
When I’m asked about Champions League, I think Chelsea is the best example of what the Champions League is.
Chelsea was in a [2007] semifinal and lost the semifinal in penalties. Chelsea was in the [2005] semifinal and lost the semifinal on a goal that was not a goal. Chelsea was in the [2008] final and lost the final because the last player slides and misses the penalty. Chelsea was in the [2009] semifinal and lost the semifinal against Barcelona in one of the biggest scandals in football.
Chelsea finished fifth in the Premier League and won the Champions League in that [2012] season. This is the Champions League. This is the Champions League.
Jose Mourinho, Source – ESPNFC
He however added that he is satisfied with his approach at the club now which is to build the ssquad for the next decade, even though he will be very happy to win the title again.
So if you tell me that I’ll win it with Chelsea one day, amazing. But if you tell me I’ll work at Chelsea for five, six years and when I leave the Champions League comes as a sequence — I don’t say a consequence, I say as a sequence — of years of work and the team is ready for that, I’m happy. So I say the only thing that we can do is what we are doing — work well and hard.
