Mourinho parks the bus, leaves happy: “I disagree we didn’t try” | OneFootball

José Mourinho commented on the pragmatism shown in the Clássico. In a press conference following the goalless draw between Benfica and FC Porto, the Eagles’ coach began by highlighting the goal of reaching Marquês and stated that both teams behaved pragmatically:

“When you go to Marquês, you don’t remember anything. Only Marquês. Our goal is to go to Marquês. I won’t deny that, under normal conditions, with equal points, we would have had a different approach. We talked at halftime: ‘Maybe FC Porto will want to open up.’”

“And they didn’t open up. It wasn’t just Mourinho who was pragmatic. Francesco was too. If you analyze it as pragmatism against pragmatism, organization against organization, I completely agree. If you say one team tried to win and the other didn’t, then I don’t agree,” added José Mourinho.

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