According to AS, José Mourinho is aiming to win his third Champions League title and hopes to lead Real Madrid to the final.

Previously, he lost to Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Borussia Dortmund with Real Madrid in consecutive Champions League semi-finals. He is set to become the only coach to lead three different teams to win the Champions League.

Guardiola's controversial red card for Pep, José Mourinho's repeated question of "Why" in the hours that followed, Ramos's penalty miss in the Bayern semi-final, and Lewandowski's memorable performance may have haunted the Portuguese coach for the 13 years since he left Real Madrid. These moments are linked to three consecutive failures to reach the Champions League final in 2011, 2012, and 2013, when they lost to Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Borussia Dortmund respectively. Football owes José Mourinho the opportunity to play in a Champions League final for Real Madrid. His two Champions League titles—with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010—attracted Florentino Pérez. This enthusiasm has continued to this day, which is why he returned. Since José Mourinho left, Real Madrid has won the Champions League trophy 6 times. As José Mourinho revealed himself, Florentino Pérez would call him after each victory, acknowledging that he laid the foundation for these successes.

José Mourinho knows better than anyone that the only key to Real Madrid's hall of fame is winning the Champions League. The three trophies that Zidane and Enrique won have set a very high standard. However, for José Mourinho, a "veteran" of Europe's top club competition, everything remains possible. He has managed 153 Champions League matches, winning 80, putting him fifth in terms of matches managed, behind only Wenger (178 matches, 82 wins), Guardiola (189 matches, 117 wins), Ferguson (190 matches, 102 wins), and Ancelotti (218 matches, 124 wins). Among these, only Ancelotti (56%) and Guardiola (62%) have slightly higher win rates than his 52%. Furthermore, none of them are currently managing a club, giving José Mourinho the opportunity to advance his ranking further.

When asked about his unfinished business with the Champions League and Real Madrid, and the criticism repeatedly leveled against him—three semi-final eliminations—José Mourinho chose to downplay the issue. "I had two different periods at Real Madrid. I finished my work in 2013. We won what we won, and we lost what we lost. We gave everything. Now all of this is completely unrelated to the past. In 2010, Real Madrid hadn't reached the semi-finals in many years and hadn't played in the final for a long time either," he said, emphasizing his accomplishments.

"Real Madrid now," he continued, "has been winning for many years... I don't know if it's six, seven, eight times... These are two different periods. But it doesn't change my mind. If you ask me whether I want to lead Real Madrid to win the Champions League, the answer is absolutely yes. But that's completely different from the context of 'I've never done it before.'"

José Mourinho is in an excellent position to make history now. He has the opportunity to become the first coach in Champions League history to win the trophy with three different teams. He has already achieved this with Porto and Inter Milan. Like him, Ancelotti (Real Madrid and Milan), Guardiola (Manchester City and Barcelona), Huppel (Feyenoord and Hamburg), Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich), and Heynckes (Real Madrid and Bayern Munich) have also won the Champions League with two different clubs.

Although several coaches have won the Champions League three times—Guardiola, Enrique, Paisley, and Zidane have all achieved this—Ancelotti's five titles still seem difficult to match. José Mourinho's three semi-final losses have not been forgotten with time, especially his loss to Barcelona in the 2010-11 season in that intense El Clásico. The Champions League stage gave voice to Guardiola's classic quote: "José is the boss. A hell of a good boss, and he knows everything," and the Portuguese coach's famous question "Why" after Pep received a direct red card in the first leg.

In the next semi-final, Ramos missed a penalty against Bayern Munich. Two years later, in the 2012-13 season, Lewandowski completely dominated Real Madrid with four goals for Borussia Dortmund. Now José Mourinho has the chance to close this cycle 17 years later. This is the key to his hall of fame at Real Madrid.

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