Famous coach Jose Mourinho highly rates his first period managing Chelsea. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The Portuguese specialist considers the "pensioners" team from 2004-2006 to be the best team in Premier League history. According to Mourinho, Chelsea was a very strong and balanced team at that time.
They were unable to win the Champions League because there was no system in place to determine the exact position of the ball at that time. In the 2004/2005 season, Chelsea lost to Liverpool 0:1 on aggregate in the Champions League semifinals over two matches.
This result was decided by Luis Garcia's goal. It was not clearly determined in replays whether the ball had crossed the goal line or not.
As a result, Liverpool defeated Chelsea and later won against Milan in the famous Istanbul final in a penalty shootout. This period remains very memorable for Chelsea and holds its place in Premier League history.
