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Benfica, Real Madrid and UEFA Champions League
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Jose Mourinho's Benfica will take on Real Madrid again in the Champions League, making his first return since he left the club in 2013.
Missing out on the Top-8 deprives Arbeloa of five weeks to focus exclusively on the League and work with the squad in a 'mini-preseason'.
José Mourinho praised new Real Madrid coach Álvaro Arbeloa ahead of Benfica's match against his old club in the Champions League on Wednesday.Mourinho coached Arbeloa at Madrid in the early 2010s. He called him "one of my boys" and one of the "special players" that he was in charge of during his career.