AVB happy with derby display against big-spending Benfica | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas attended the 'Portugal Football Globes' gala this Tuesday and was asked about Sunday's classic match between FC Porto and Benfica. The president of the dragons stated he saw the opponent in a "defensive posture", an interpretation he considered a compliment to his team. Later, he also mentioned the encounter with José Mourinho.

FC Porto-Benfica: "I think the greatest compliment I can give to the FC Porto team is to have seen Benfica in the defensive posture they had at the Dragão. Players like Trubin, Ríos and Enzo Barrenechea wasting time to draw at the Dragão... So, I think that is the greatest compliment to FC Porto, to the evolution of FC Porto from one year to the next, which is extreme and radical and gives us good feelings for the future. Obviously, it's all very premature, we need to keep our feet firmly on the ground. There's a lot of championship to play and our focus is to win this championship."

Hug to José Mourinho: "Yes, we crossed paths when José Mourinho was going to the press conference. It was just a hug between two people who know each other very well".

Benfica with José Mourinho "Mourinho is an ultra winner in several world championships, with an enviable resume, the best resume of a good Portuguese coach. So, I think that also values what was done by FC Porto in this game, with a young team against an experienced team, a team of incalculable value like Benfica's team, with several players earning over eight million euros. This shows a lot the work that is being done with the young people of FC Porto, the evolution they have had with this coach and the steps we want to take for the future. And on top of that, trained by a coach like José Mourinho."

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