Coach José Mourinho has stated that the Europa League is 'more suited to our level' after his team missed out on qualifying for the Champions League for the 2024-25 season.

Mourinho's team played on Tuesday and were consequently knocked out in the third qualifying round of Europe's top-tier competition, losing 3-2 on aggregate.

'I am experienced and realistic enough to say that in the Champions League, we would not have a chance to reach the later stages of the competition,' Mourinho said after the game.

'In the Europa League, we will have chances because we will play teams of our level.

It would be great to play in the Champions League, but we would never have a chance to go far in the competition.

The Europa League is more adapted to our level.

''We do lose financially because the Champions League is an important boost for the club, and we lose the chance to play against the biggest teams in the world.

But we would never win the Champions League, we would never reach the Champions League final.

We could beat one or two big teams.

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We can do great in the Europa League, but only if, I can only say if.

''I don't even know why the Europa League is going to be this way,' the former coach said.

'The same as the Champions [League], I don't know the reason why.

We have to adapt to something new for everybody.

It's an accumulation of matches until December, not six [games] but eight.

So basically, we are playing every week in midweek.

It's a competition that is a bit strange.

We play eight matches, four at home, four away, against some opponents that only play at home, against other opponents that only play away.

It's strange, but it is what it is.

Money makes decisions, and we have to adapt to it.

Hopefully, our rivals in the Super Lig will face the same situation.

But it's not going to be easy.

We have a good squad, and we will try to keep the team fresh.

I want to inject ambition into the team to do well.

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