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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Joao Pedro sent off in injury time as Richard Rios own goal gifts Blues win
Chelsea secured a Champions League win despite Joao Pedro's second yellow card, marking Mourinho's first defeat since returning to manage Benfica this month.
- Chelsea secured a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge via an own goal by Richard Rios as Jose Mourinho returned to face the club he once coached.
- This month Mourinho returned to Benfica after his August sacking by Fenerbahce; on Monday he said he was `always a Blue` and kept a house near Stamford Bridge.
- The Blues' fourth win in nine games was a timely response under Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca, despite substitute Joao Pedro being sent off in stoppage time.
- Mourinho lamented his side's first defeat of the reign and intervened to calm supporters after missiles targeted Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea captain.
- He has failed to win any of his seven visits to Stamford Bridge since 2015, though fans loudly chanted Jose Mourinho's name during the match.
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Champions League 2025-26: Chelsea wins against Mourinho’s Benfica; Tottenham Hotspur draws with Bodo/Glimt
Chelsea finished the game with 10 men after substitute Joao Pedro was sent off deep into added time for two yellow cards, but it was a first win in this season’s competition, albeit a scrappy one.
·India
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Paradoxal, it's the reality: Benfia was the first to win with Mourinho in the most competitive game that made with a new technique in a game decided by the player's shadow that Richard Ríos can be (1-0).
·Portugal
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Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources lean Right
36% Right
L 36%
C 28%
R 36%
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