Jose Mourinho was praised as a "class act" for stopping Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez from being thrown items by Benfica supporters.

After only six months with the club, Fernandez left in January 2023 for a then-British record £107 million sum. During Tuesday's Champions League match, he was the target of taunts from some of the visiting fans at Stamford Bridge.

Referee Daniel Siebert had to stand aside and wait for Fernandez to walk aside after he was bombarded with items when he was ready to take a corner close to the visiting fans.

Mourinho was quick to march down from his technical area and to the corner and tell the Benfica supporters to halt as Fernandez moved aside.

A Chelsea supporter shared a video of the event on X, along with the comment, "Mourinho is truly a class act.
"Class!!!" said another—a special one.

A "peace-maker" was another term used to characterize Mourinho's participation.

About eighteen years after his first of two trophy-filled stints in west London, Mourinho was making his way back to Chelsea with his most recent club.

He said to reporters, "Of course, I will always be a Blue. "They are a part of my past, and I am a part of theirs. They helped me grow into a bigger Jose, and I helped them grow into a bigger Chelsea.

I hope everyone knows that when I say, "I'm not a blue," I'm referring to the work I have to do tomorrow."