Mourinho insisted he left the club without being fired, stating he has nothing to reproach himself for. "I am one of the few coaches who left Real Madrid without being fired," he said ahead of the Champions League playoff. Real Madrid recently suffered a 4-2 defeat to Mourinho's Benfica side.
Mourinho: Years at Real Madrid were hard, intense, almost violent
Real Madrid returns to Lisbon to face former coach José Mourinho, who described his three years at the club as 'hard, intense, almost violent.'