In this round of the Champions League, Benfica lost to Leverkusen. The team lost all 4 games in the Champions League. Mourinho lost all 3 games in the Champions League after taking office. After the game, Mourinho talked about the game in an interview. Among them was the referee Simone Sosa.
Commenting on the game
"The key is that the chances we created were not scored. This started early and continued almost the entire game. According to the data I got, we had 21 shots. Obviously not all of them were on target, but we had four or five great opportunities."
"A team that played very well with and without the ball, and although there were some setbacks in the opponent's offensive transition, there was a lot good in both the first and second halves. Chance. Then, it failed in front of the goal. It broke my heart because a young player who performed well made a mistake that led to a goal. Then Leverkusen dropped deeper and blocked the center of the field with their height. Obviously, I am extremely frustrated with the result but very happy with the progress of the team and the level of play. "
Is this the most unfair result you have had in charge of Benfica?
"The performance was good, well-rounded, what made it less well-rounded was the lack of goals. The things we did well were the things we prepared for. Including what we did against Luque Bacchio, and Pavlidis' dropback and so on, the players did a very good job and were very committed. The defeat was Frustrating, there is no turning back, but it was a very good game. I told the players that if we play like this and score goals, we will only lose one game in 10 games and that would be today."
Was it decisive against Ajax?
"We have been saying the game was decisive since the loss to Qarabag, and it was indeed a game that marked our trajectory. We had a good game against Chelsea and deserved a better result, and against Newcastle we were suppressed in the second half."
"We didn't need 12 points to advance, and we didn't need 1 1 point, I don’t think it even needs 10 points. But Naples, Ajax, Real Madrid, Juventus... we still have 2 games this year. If we get 6 points, the team is still in the competition. But the team played an excellent game.”
Did the referee affect the game today?
"About the specific circumstances of the game. I don't want to discuss too much, especially because I'm far away. I don't like to protest just for the sake of protest, but when a team has all kinds of unsportsmanlike behavior... I will say this, usually this team has a lot of such behavior, then there is only one person responsible, and that is the referee." On the ground, the game was forced to stop. I won't go into details, maybe nothing special happened, because there was no noticeable mistake. "
"But in the game, the ugly part of the game fell on the person who allowed it to happen. Unfortunately, I know the referee very well, and I know he doesn't like me. I don't think we lost because of the referee."
source:vn 7m sport