Wheels come off for Jose as Atleti take fast lane to Lisbon

Chelsea 1 Atletico Madrid 3 (Atletico Madrid win 3-1 on aggregate)

A 3-1 home defeat against Atletico means there will be an all-Madrid final in Lisbon next month, and Mourinho’s hope of taking Chelsea to his home country to face his former club Real — a scenario which almost seemed to be written in the stars — has been consigned to football’s long list of ‘what could have beens’.

“Until the penalty, Atletico were not better than us. We were in control until that moment,” Mourinho said.