Mourinho says a penalty was missed in Nacional v Benfica | OneFootball

, coach of Benfica, did not hide his satisfaction in the press conference with the victory over Nacional in Madeira (2-1), but above all with the performance and the reaction to adversity. Even so, the coach mentions a penalty that was not awarded on Leandro Barreiro.

"We did not allow Nacional to create any dangerous situations. We always played in the opponent's half, the team was very organized. When we lost the ball, the team was very organized in recovering and not allowing Nacional any kind of counterattack. I think we should have already been winning in the first half. In the second half, in my opinion, we started just as well as in the first," he began, before talking about the refereeing.

"It's hard to talk about the referee, but there was a penalty on Barreiro in the 50th minute. During the game I didn't notice it, I had my doubts. But after seeing it at the end of the game, it's a clear penalty on Barreiro, but we let it go. And then, completely against the run of play, it was our mistake."

The coach points out that Nacional's goal came from a mistake by the red team: "In the only mistake we made in the defensive zone, Nacional scored. And then we were on the edge of risk and the team had an extraordinary response. They kept their composure, but started to accelerate, started to intensify. Then we started to face a team that was already fatigued."

José Mourinho praised the players who came on during the match: "And our players who came on, the three who came on, Prestianni, Ivanovic, and Schjelderup, came in well and gave the game a different rhythm. And then there's that thing, when you win in the last minutes there's always that drama, but I think Benfica's overall performance was very well achieved. In Guimarães we had a very good second half, but here we had a good game throughout the 90 minutes. It's obviously a difficult victory, but it's a very, very, very deserved victory," he concluded.

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