Mourinho returns with Porto, slams red card: “It’s based on a lie” | OneFootball

José Mourinho still hasn't forgotten the match with FC Porto and discussed the incident that led to his expulsion.

Suspension of the punishment and do you feel you are being persecuted? “I don't feel that I am being persecuted because it's my first punishment at Benfica. There are no precedents, I have never been expelled in the Portuguese league and in Portuguese competitions, I can't talk about expulsions, punishments, injustices, and persecutions. But it was too evident that what I am accused of is not true. The punishment surprises me because it is based on a lie. Justice at a social level should always start from the truth and not from a lie. Fortunately, there are images that show I didn't kick the ball towards the opponent's bench, but towards the crowd, as I have done at Estádio da Luz three, four, or five times. This time they wanted to interpret it this way. Not persecution, because there are no precedents.”

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