I won't blame Jose Mourinho for Fenerbahce elimination. Mourinho needs to spend like a full season with Fenerbahce before his team can full implement his pattern of play. It is one thing for a coach to tell his players what to do and another thing is for the players to fully implement what the coach told them. Mourinho, just moved to the club so they shouldn't expect him to perform magic in a weak squad he inherited. Even if he has brought in players they will still need time to blend to his playing philosophy. One thing I know is that
Fenerbahce will be do well domestically to stand a better chance of playing in Europe next season. I know Mourinho can do this because he has done it several times.
In any case, Fenerbahce was very close to qualifying for the final, they had a lot of desire, mistakes in the first match, when they couldn't hold on to a draw, were fatal for them. They played better in the home match, but Lille paid a lot of attention to defense and it was very difficult to score against such a dense defense, Dzeko, by the way, played another match very uncertainly.
It is obvious that Jose Mourinho is truly facing hard luck in his career as a coach. This early exit of Fenerbahce from the champions league is a huge blow to his career and seemingly justify the decision of As Roma to relief him of his job. It would have been nice if he succeeded in qualifying for the champions league where he stand a chance of exposing his new club to European tournament and boast his career as a coach. He has the only option of the Turkish Super League now and it will not be an easy one for him.