It was after a dour 1-1 draw with Rosenborg in the Champions League in 2007 that José Mourinho left Chelsea. Now he's back with the club and back for more European fun. He doesn't look too thrilled about it, though.Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images... maybe that's down to the number of snappers who've got their lenses trained on him.Photograph: REX/Scott Heavey/BPI/REX/Scott Heavey/BPIChelsea's starting line-up includes Samuel Eto'o and Willian. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
And here's Eto'o trying to bring down a high ball. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/ReutersChelsea's Ashley Cole, left, takes the ball from Basel's Mohamed Salah.Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APThere's not a lot of quality on display in this match, as evidenced when Chelsea's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard blazes over.Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesOn the touchline, Mourinho is practising the old maxim 'keep your eyes on the ball'.Photograph: Dylan Martinez/ReutersOscar scores seconds before the interval with an angled strike across the keeper to give Chelsea an unexpected lead. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesIt was the first shot on target!Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty ImagesChelsea's inability to double their lead proves costly when Salah equalises for Basel in the 70th minute, curling a shot into the far corner after a slick exchange of passes from the visitors on the edge of the box.Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action ImagesBasel celebrate their goal.Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty ImagesChelsea's players are aghast.Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/ReutersAnd with ten minutes to go Chelsea are exposed again from a near post header from Marco Streller.Photograph: Dylan Martinez/ReutersWho'd have thought it? It's now 2-1 to Basel. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesNot what Mourinho wanted to see.Photograph: REX/Michael Zemanek/BPI/REX/Michael Zemanek/BPIBasel are thrilled as they hold on to claim an impressive victory. Final score: 1-2Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
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