Van Persie wins the magic bird

In the early morning of August 7, 2025, the first leg of the third round of the Champions League qualifiers continued, and Fenerbahce led by Mourinho challenged Feyenoord away.

Feyenoord can be said to be a giant in the Eredivisie. Head coach Van Persie has a deep relationship with Mourinho and has also loved and killed each other. Fenerbahce is also a giant in the Turkish Super League, but in terms of comprehensive strength and influence, he is far inferior to Feyenoord! There is a considerable part of the reason why Fenerbahce's game is so popular among fans now is that its head coach Mourinho is still very popular among fans. However, you still have to rely on your strength to speak on the football field. No matter how high the head coach is, without a matched player, it is hard to cook without a cook! The wishes of

Fenebache and Mourinho fans are good. Of course, they hope that the teams and head coaches they support can win, but sometimes things often go against their wishes. This is the case in this game. Fenerbache lost 1-2 away to Feyenoord in this game, and was defeated at the last moment. This is really regretful and even more distressing for fans. In the whole game, the opportunities of both sides are almost the same, but the luck of both sides is incomparable! After all, what you rely on on the football field is not only about strength, but also about luck. Feyenoord not only had players who scored their own goals, but also missed an excellent opportunity. The key is that he was defeated in the last moment! The luck of today's game is really not on Fenerbahce's side.

In the 19th minute, Feyenoord made a high ball from the left and was cleared. Timber took the ball and dribbled over the defense and shot low. The ball hit Murdu and shot into the net. Feyenoord led 1-0; in the 41st minute, Fenerbache crossed the ball from the left and sent a point, Kavic followed up and scored a header, but the ball was invalid due to offside. At the end of the half, Fenerbahce fell behind 0-1 away.

In the 86th minute, Fenerbahce broke through the cross from the left and was cleared. Amrabat got the ball and scored. Fenerbahce finally equalized the score, 1-1. It is undoubtedly beneficial to get a draw away; but Fenerbahce's wish was finally disappointed. In the 90+1 minute, Feyenoord launched a counterattack in the middle, left-back Boss made a pass, Anismusa scored a header, 2-1, Fenerbahce was defeated and lost in the first leg. Feyenoord, coached by Van Persie, defeated Fenerbahce, coached by Mourinho. The former happy enemy, Van Persie has now defeated the Magic Bird.

The second round of the two sides will be held in the early morning of August 13, at Fenerbahce's home court.

Fenerbahce is not a regular visitor in the Champions League, but head coach Mourinho is a regular visitor in the Champions League, which is why a lot of fans have high hopes for Fenerbahce, because Mourinho has extraordinary leadership ability and championship attributes.

But one time and another, Mourinho, the first newborn calf, was not afraid of the tiger, led Porto to create miracles, led Chelsea to create miracles, led Inter Milan to create miracles, and led Real Madrid to create miracles. But since then, Mourinho's life has become more and more difficult. The last time I led the team to participate in the Champions League was in the 2019-20 season. In the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals that season, Tottenham lost 0-4 to RB Leipzig in two legions. Since 2020, Mourinho has coached in Rome and Fenerbahce, won the UEFA Champions League championship, and has also reached the Europa League final, but Mourinho led these two teams to always miss the Champions League main match. Last season, in the fourth round of the Champions League qualifiers, Mourinho led Fenerbahce to lose to Lille, and the team led by Mourinho missed the Champions League main match in a row. This season made a comeback, but I didn't expect to lose to Feyenoord in the first leg of the third round, which also made Fenerbahce and Mourinho's prospects for returning to the Champions League are not so clear. After all, there is still a lot of suspense in the second round of the game between the two sides. Even if Fenerbahce passed Feyenoord's level, it would be too difficult for Mourinho to play against Nice and Benfica's winner in the fourth round!

In order to cooperate with Mourinho to lead the team into the Champions League, Fenerbahce also made a signing in the summer transfer window, signing Skriniar and Semedo, and also loaned Colombian striker Duran. In addition, Asensio's transfer is under negotiation.

In order to help Fenerbahce qualify for the Champions League, the Turkish Football Association also made adjustments in the first round of the league, in order to allow Fenerbahce to fight the Champions League qualifiers with all their might.

As the beginning of the article, a team must have a good coach or not, but only famous coaches cannot do it. They also need players, funds and luck that match the coach! But Mourinho is really too difficult today, and the main reasons are as follows:

1. It is an indisputable fact that Mourinho's coaching performance has declined in recent years.

1. The team's record has continued to decline: coaching performance has declined significantly in the past five years. When coaching Tottenham, he failed to enter the top four of the Premier League in two seasons and did not qualify for the Champions League; he coached in Roma and ranked 6th in the league for a long time. In 2024, he coached Fenerbahce and was eliminated by Lille in the Champions League qualifiers, thus missing the main match. The first season of the Turkish Super League was all gone.

2. I haven't qualified for the Champions League for many years: The last time I led the team to participate in the Champions League was in Tottenham in the 2019-20 season. After taking over, I barely advanced to the group stage, but lost in the 1/8 final. The last time I led the team to qualify for the Champions League dates back to Manchester United in the 2017/18 season. He coached three times in six years, and his best result was only 6th in the league.

2. There are subjective conditions for the success of the team Mourinho coached in recent years, but the objective conditions are limited.

1. The team's strength is limited: Whether it is Tottenham, Roma or Fenerbahce, these teams were not popular in the championship, but outside the championship group, if they want to achieve good results, they need more resources to invest, but the reality is not the case..

2. Inadequate financial support: The team's senior management refused to make large-scale investments, making it difficult for the team to replenish capable players, and the lineup could not be qualitatively improved, which limited the improvement of the team's performance.

3. Mourinho's stubborn coaching style, unrestrained nature, and his own style.

1. Conservative tactical style: the tactics have failed to keep pace with the times, and they are still the same thing as ten years ago. In today's era of continuous innovation and development of football tactics, they seem a bit backward. For example, after coaching Fenerbahce, his stable counterattack tactics were difficult to play, and he conceded 5 goals in 6 official games.

2. Dressing room management problems: Mourinho has a unique personality and has an absolute sense of authority in managing the team, but it is too high-pressure and prone to emotionality, which leads to splitting the locker room. For example, when Real Madrid was in conflict with Casillas, Chelsea clashed with team doctor Eva, Manchester United and Pogba disputed, etc., which affected the team's cohesion. There was also a conflict between Fenerbahce and Dzeko.

3. Flaws in training: Mourinho pays more attention to ball training and neglects strength training, which leads to the team being prone to injury problems in the later stage, affecting personnel rotation and use, and thus making it difficult to maintain stable performance.

4. Impact of off-court remarks: He especially likes to complain about the referees, and often expresses dissatisfaction at post-match press conferences, which may arouse disgust from all parties and have a certain negative impact on his coaching image.

Now, fans have given Mourinho a high hopes. Mourinho has been put too high and has become increasingly unsuccessful. The once arrogant madman has now been gradually smoothed out by time!

In short, it is really difficult for Mourinho to lead European second-rate and third-rate teams to compete in the Champions League now, and it is difficult even to compete in the league championship! Otherwise, it would be impossible for a good cook to cook without rice, and it would not be an old saying!

No matter what, I still wish Mourinho better and better, and I wish Fenerbahcea a time to enter the Champions League.