Mourinho and his team are reviving.

In the early hours of December 11th, Benfica defeated Napoli 2-0, thereby rekindling their hopes of securing a place in the Champions League play-offs.

After a run of four defeats, Benfica bounced back with two consecutive wins against Ajax and Napoli. Coach Jose Mourinho's team narrowed the gap to the play-off zone to just one point. However, Benfica's final two opponents in the Champions League are both big names: Juventus and Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte continues to prove himself a coach who is "clever at home but foolish away." Napoli are competing for the Serie A title but are proving too inexperienced when it comes to continental competitions. The Naples team only has 7 points and faces the risk of elimination if they don't improve their performance in the remaining two matches.

Mourinho still has a chance to progress in the Champions League.

Benfica started strongly, completely controlling the game in the first 15 minutes, where Fredrik Aursnes and Franjo Ivanovic both had clear chances but unfortunately squandered them. Goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic became Napoli's only pillar of support, making numerous saves during a period of intense pressure on his team.

Benfica's efforts were finally rewarded before halftime. Ivanovic skillfully handled a high ball, heading it back to Richard Rios who fired a close-range shot to open the scoring. Napoli only created one notable chance in the first half with Giovanni Di Lorenzo's header going wide of the post.

In the second half, despite Conte making two substitutions, Napoli's performance didn't improve. Just five minutes later, Benfica doubled their lead with a perfect counter-attack. From Trubin's throw-in, the ball was quickly and accurately passed before Rios provided a delicate assist for Leandro Barreiro to backheel the ball into the net, making it 2-0.

Napoli tried to find a goal to reduce the deficit but were completely ineffective. The reigning Serie A champions' late attempts were all thwarted.

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