Benitez was Mourinho's first successor at Inter Milan, but was unable to repeat his success.
Mourinho believed his team should have lifted the cup and had been plain unlucky.
But increasingly, Mourinho is being tied to Chelsea, the London team owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich.
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Mourinho's reign has been tempestuous from the very moment he arrived in May 2010.
"It's not like we have to make a historical comeback, " Mourinho said after the game.
Mourinho also left the door open for a possible return to the Premier League.
However, it's well known that Mourinho is well-liked among players and fans at Stamford Bridge.
Mourinho was controversially sacked last season and is now managing Inter Milan in Italy.
But Benitez faces a tough task following the flamboyant Mourinho at the San Siro.
Mourinho also does it to take a lot of the heat off his players.
Mourinho is a superb manager who knows how to work the media and is compulsive viewing.
And Mourinho is now determined to bring the Champions League trophy back to Milan next weekend.
However, Mourinho's men did not have wait much longer to finally break the deadlock.
Media reports in Portugal claim Chelsea and Liverpool are the two clubs courting Mourinho.
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With decades of profound knowledge of football theory, Parreira was already fully familiar with Mourinho's ideas.
That is why the 1-1 home draw wasn't a bad result for Mourinho and Real Madrid.
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Meanwhile, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says he thinks the Liverpudlian will stay at Old Trafford.
As if that message wasn't crystal clear enough, Mourinho's official spokesman emphasized the point on Twitter.
But Mourinho insisted he was a very different person one from the portrayed by the media.
That was Real Madrid in 2010, and that was Jose Mourinho, Villas-Boas' former mentor.
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Jose Mourinho's side will play Malaga or league leader Barcelona in the next round.
But whatever he is, he's definitely going to be riskier than Mourinho as an alternative.
And Mourinho believes the introduction of goal-line technology would put an end to the disagreements.
And Mourinho insists that Liverpool were not the best team in the competition last season.
Mourinho is also wary about Bavarian giants Bayern, who have run into form at the right time.
Mourinho gave a debut to 21-year-old Brazil international midfielder Casemiro, who is captain of Real's reserve side.
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If you are looking at someone who has won things and managed world-class players, Mourinho's the man.
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During this vital period Mourinho is trying to place the issue of penalties on the news agenda.
"Independent of the decision, the best team lost, " Mourinho told Britain's ITV Sport broadcast in the tunnel.
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At the end it was Real who were celebrating but Mourinho showed some surprising modesty in victory.
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