Porto pundit disrespects Marco Silva, hints Benfica boss is sly | OneFootball

After the outrageous defeat against Porto (3-1) at the Estádio do Dragão, Benfica coach Marco Silva analysed the match at a press conference and made some mild criticism of the refereeing. Nuno Encarnação "mocks" the inconsistencies of the Reds' coach.

"Marco Silva had made poor changes to the team by taking off Sudakov and took responsibility for the defeat in the flash interview by saying 'it was our fault'. But shortly afterwards, with his priest-like air, he recalled that he came from a different culture (the English league) and that in Portugal referees could be influenced. The Portuguese cult figure who had emigrated to England decided to call us all bumpkins at the press conference", he wrote in his opinion piece for the newspaper Record.

In the same article, the politician believes that the Lisbon club came across as "boastful" after the win over Milan. "In recent weeks, Porto fans have witnessed yet another nationwide campaign by the mighty Benfica and the brilliant Marco Silva. Lisbon came to a standstill to watch Benfica pull off the feat (122 years after its foundation) of beating an AC Milan ‘B’ team at San Siro for the first time, with the coach immediately voicing ambitions at the end of the match of winning the Europa League. The many disguised and supposedly independent pundits orbiting the television channels could barely contain their delight. Benfica’s victory at the Dragão was a certainty; the only question was by how many," it says.

In the end, Nuno Encarnação said that Porto were better at the Dragão. "Rui Costa had only one last option left: to put into the mouths of the pundits of the light the thesis that Porto only won because of the refereeing, masking the five-point gap by which Benfica trail leaders Porto after the seventh matchday and the €12 million a year it pays its coach. Porto were superior", he concluded.

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