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Mourinho returns to Roma with Real Madrid in Champions League clash
October 13, 2026 at 02:35 PM · Updated 3d ago
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José Mourinho leads Real Madrid against former club Roma on Wednesday at the Olympic Stadium in the Champions League league phase.
- Real Madrid visits Roma on Wednesday at the Olympic Stadium, with Mourinho returning to the club he managed from 2021 to 2024.
- Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini said Mourinho is one of the most successful coaches in history and deserves the appreciation Roma fans will show him.
- Gasperini said Real Madrid remains a very dangerous team capable of winning any match, with room to improve.
- Mourinho said he will not speak ill of Roma or its owners and that the club will remain his home forever.
- Aurelien Tchouameni said Kylian Mbappe deserves this year's Ballon d'Or, adding that Real Madrid is frustrated with La Liga refereeing decisions.
- Tchouameni declined to answer whether the squad needs a more creative midfielder, saying such questions are for Mourinho or the club president.
- Mourinho said the Champions League match against Roma will be ordinary and that he will treat it normally once the 90 minutes begin.
- Mourinho praised the tactical decision to field Federico Valverde at right-back in Real Madrid's recent match against Villarreal.
- Mourinho dismissed talk that Real Madrid's honeymoon period is over at the pre-match press conference.



