Mourinho laments how Ronaldo's penalty miss cost Real Madrid the Champions League title

Jose Mourinho recalls Real Madrid’s loss to Bayern Munich on penalties.

In an interview with TVI2, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho spoke about how he still laments the failed penalty effort from Cristiano Ronaldo against Bayern Munich in 2012 cost Real Madrid a spot in the final.

"Winning the Champions twice as coach has made my career a special one," the former Real Madrid manager was quoted by Goal. "I've been in several semi-finals too and some defeats were especially hard to take, such as the goal that did not exist against Liverpool [during his first Chelsea spell] in 2005 or on penalties in 2012 when our first-choice penalty taker [Cristiano Ronaldo] went up first and failed."

Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty miss against Bayern Munich

Mourinho was in charge of Real Madrid in the 2011-12 season when the Whites were eliminated by Bayern Munich from the Champions League following a 3-1 penalty shootout loss.

The 51-year-old had previously won the Champions League with Porto in 2004 and Inter in 2009, but failed to do the same whilst at Real Madrid. However, Ronaldo was not the only one who had missed from the spot-kick as both Kaka and Sergio Ramos saw their chances go to waste as well.

When asked if he was interested in taking up the recently vacated job of being Portugal’s head coach, Mourinho says he would take it.

"They have not asked me if I want the job, but I would not accept," Mourinho said. “I'm surprised with the situation though. It is not unheard of for a coach to be fired or to depart after one or two games, sometimes even in pre-season if it does not feel right. If there's not a connection there or if chances of success are minimal.”

"But that's not the case here. If at the end of the World Cup, Bento had decided to leave or the Portuguese football association had chosen to get someone new, that would be normal. But at this point it is strange."