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How difficult is it to win the third-level European Championship? Mourinho becomes the only coach, and the Blues create the European Grand Slam

7:12pm, 29 May 2025Football

With Chelsea defeating Real Betis 4-1 in the Europa League final, the Blues won the Europa League championship this season. At the same time, the team became the first European football team to win the third-level European Championship. In addition, with the European Winners Cup twice in the last century, Chelsea has completed the European Grand Slam achievement, and few teams can achieve this achievement. In European football, only Mourinho and Chelsea were able to win the third-level European championship. Mourinho was the only one among the coaches, and the Blues were the only one among the team.

1. Five European trophys, Mourinho has created the only one of the most famous coaches in European football. Although he has gone away from the mainstream European leagues and has played for the Turkish Super League team Fenerbahce, the Magic Birds' coaching career has countless moments of glory, and dozens of championship trophies are enough to prove his coaching ability. In Mourinho's coaching career, Porto was where he began to become famous. He won two European championships, one Champions League and one Europa League championship in this Portuguese giant. In the 2002-03 Europa League match, Mourinho led Porto to the final. In the final, Porto encountered the Celtics, the Soviet Super League giants. In the end, Porto led by Mourinho was even better, defeating his opponent 3-2 in the final and winning the Europa League championship. Immediately after the 2003-04 Champions League match, Porto defeated five major league teams including Manchester United and Lyon in the knockout round, and finally reached the Champions League final, defeating Monaco 3-0 in the final, winning the Champions League championship. Mourinho has since become famous.

In the summer of 2008, Mourinho made his debut in the Serie A field and coached the Nerazzurri Inter Milan. Inter Milan was in the same group as Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2009-10 season, and finally qualified for the second place in the group. After entering the knockout stage, Inter Milan led by Mourinho encountered its old club Chelsea in the first game. Mourinho successfully eliminated the Blues 3-1 in two rounds, and eliminated Barcelona in the semi-finals, successfully entering the Champions League final. In the end, he defeated Bayern 2-0 in the Champions League final and won the second Champions League championship in his coaching career.

Murinho made another debut in the Premier League in the 2016-17 season, but only once, the Red Devils Manchester United, who he coached, led Manchester United to the Europa League final in his first season, and defeated Ajax 2-0 in the final to win the Europa League championship. This is also the second time Mourinho led the team to win the Europa League championship after 15 years. Mourinho coached the Serie A team Roma in the summer of 2021. The 2021-22 season was the first season of the Europa League. Roma successfully qualified in the group stage. After that, the team defeated Vitez and Bode, and defeated Leicester City in two rounds of the final and successfully reached the Europa League final. In the final, Roma defeated Feyenoord 1-0 and won the first Europa League championship. Mourinho became the first coach to lead the team to win the third-level European Championship, and so far it is the only one.

2. Crown the European League Championship, the Blues achieved the European Grand Slam, Chelsea became the first team to win the third-level European Championship after winning the European League Championship. The 2011-12 season was the first time that Chelsea became a European champion. In the Champions League match, Chelsea successfully broke through the siege from the group and entered the Champions League knockout round. In the quarterfinals and quarterfinals, Chelsea beat Naples and Benfica and made it to the Champions League semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the Blues defeated their opponent 3-2 in two rounds and reached the Champions League final for the second time. Facing Bayern's Champions League final, Chelsea dragged the game into overtime with Drogba's tie and started a penalty shootout. In the end, the penalty kick was narrowly defeated Bayern, and the Blues finally won the Champions League championship. In the subsequent 2020-21 season, Chelsea reached the final again. In the semi-finals, the Blues were the king of the Champions League, Real Madrid, and reached the finals with a strong stride. In the Premier League civil war with Manchester City, Chelsea won with Havertz's one-hit, and finally defeated Manchester City and won the second Champions League championship in team history.

The Blues also won the championship twice in the UEFA Champions League. In the second season of their first Champions League title, the Blues ushered in a breakthrough in the UEFA Champions League. After defeating many strong opponents in a row, they met with Portuguese Super League giant Benfica in the Europa League final. Mata scored twice in the final, helping the Blues defeat their opponent 2-1 and won the Europa League championship for the first time. Chelsea reached the Europa League final again in the 2018-19 season. They fought with their old Premier League rival Arsenal. In the end, Hazard led the game with two shots and one pass. Chelsea defeated the Gunners 4-1 and won the team's second Europa League championship.

In the European League match this season, the Blues have a dominant performance and maintained a complete victory before the quarterfinals. In the final, with the first goal conced, he reversed the game 4-1, won the European League championship, achieved the European League Grand Slam, and was the only team to win the third-level European Championship. At the same time, Chelsea is also the only European Grand Slam team. They won the European Grand Slam championship twice in the 1970-71 season and 1997-98 season, and are a veritable European Grand Slam team.

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