Mourinho on his future after Benfica elections: I stayed focused... | OneFootball

José Mourinho explained that he will remain focused on his work, regardless of the results of the Benfica presidential elections. The coach saw his team triumph 5-0 over Arouca and spoke to journalists in a press conference after the match.

José Mourinho was asked what he would do if Rui Costa was not re-elected. The coach clarified: "I will work now, I will work with the staff, we have this game to analyze, we have Tondela to analyze, I honestly don't know anything about Tondela."

"Tomorrow we have training and we want to be prepared to train. Regarding the elections, I have remained focused on my work until today and that is what I will always do, waiting, obviously, now or in 15 days, to know who the president is, who will be there for the next 4 years," José Mourinho explained further.

The coach was also asked if he believes he has a good set of players: "I felt that and during the game I found myself thinking: in the last game I made one substitution and today if I could, I would make 10, there are games for everything. In the last game, I felt that any change I made would not improve the team, and it's one thing to put Ivan Lima on the field at Luz winning 3-0 or 4-0, and another to put Ivan Lima in Newcastle when we're down 3, close to 4 or 5."

"If I could take out 10 players, I would take out 10 and give minutes to those on the bench who deserve to play, and rest those who deserve to rest. We pressed them a lot, recovered the ball, had possession, always played in the opponent's half, and as I told the players at halftime, I saw the players happy to be on the field. Ivan often says he wants to be the second-best player in the Jamaica neighborhood, with Rafael Leão being the first. I think it's a beautiful day for Lima, playing at Estádio da Luz, 60,000 people, it's a beautiful day," concluded the Benfica coach.

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