Portuguese media defends Mourinho: Only one championship in the past 8 years? Defensive football? He led Real Madrid in 38 games with 121 goals in La Liga.

Mourinho returns to Benfica to coach after 25 years. Hugo Vasconcelos, executive editor of the Portuguese media "The Globe", posted a post saying that criticizing Mourinho has become a fashion, and many Benfica fans are reserved about his taking over the team. The article stated that the outside world's reaction to Mourinho's return to Benfica to coach fully demonstrates that the halo of the two-time Champions League champion coach is far inferior to before. The reason is obvious. He has been fired midway through the past five coaching experiences and has won only one championship in eight years.

But not to defend Mourinho's performance over the past decade, it is also important to examine his work background. He was indeed in a mess when he left Chelsea, but in 2015 he led the team to win the Premier League championship. Since then, the Blues have won only once Premier League title.

Mourinho's coaching experience at Manchester United was not brilliant, but he still won the Europa League championship and led the team to the league runner-up. In Tottenham, although he failed to break the championship drought, if he could lead the team to the finals, he might be able to achieve this goal. Moreover, under his leadership, Tottenham once led the Premier League standings.

Mourinho failed to lead Roma into the Champions League, but won the team's first European trophy, which is also the team's first championship since 2008. In the following season, he also led the team to the UEFA Cup final and finally lost the penalty shootout. In Fenerbahce, it is also difficult to see positive things compared to its predecessor, but the club has not been involved in the Turkish Super League championship since 2014.

For those who think Mourinho is a defensive coach, I would rather call him a pragmatic coach. In his career, especially in recent years, considering his coaching clubs, he realized that it is indeed true that it is more focused on defense because of the huge gap in strength.

But do you still remember Barcelona during the periods of Messi, Suarez and Neymar? Or Barcelona during the period of Ronaldo or Deco? Or is it Real Madrid, which has Bale, Benzema and Ronaldo under Zidane? Or is it Real Madrid, which was led by Hugo Sanchez earlier? None of these teams broke the La Liga goal record in a single season. This record belongs to Real Madrid, coached by Mourinho, with 121 goals in 38 games. For a so-called defensive coach, this result is quite good.