See everything José Mourinho said ahead of Atlético CP v Benfica | OneFootball

José Mourinho gave, this Thursday, November 20, the usual preview of the Benfica match, this time against Atlético CP, for the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal. The coach addressed various cases, highlighting Schelederup, Rafa, Lukebakio, Sudakov, Manu Silva, Barreiro, and Duarte Gomes, criticizing the statements of the latter.

“Schjelderup made a mistake. He went to court. It's not a conviction that prevents him from exercising his professional activity. And whoever made a mistake, who perfectly accepted the conviction, it's an important step for him to feel that he cannot forget what he did. And the conviction ensures he doesn't forget. He must continue with his life, being less naive than in the past, learning from a negative experience that marks and will always mark him.”

“I can't talk about players from other clubs. I can, but I don't want to. And Rafa is a Besiktas player. I'm not going to make any comments. Some of your colleagues have already drawn the picture, even saying that I don't like him, his personality. Who am I not to like the personality of someone I don't even know?”

“Someone else plays. It's as simple as that. There's not much to say. The only market open tomorrow that I know is the Livramento Market in Setúbal. If you ask me if I'm happy with Lukebakio's injury, I'm not happy. If you ask me if I cried all last night, I didn't cry at all. He doesn't play, someone else plays.”

“I can say that Benfica has a medical department. And it is with this department that they work. It is in Benfica's medical department that I have total confidence. If one day this total confidence has to become partial, I will also tell them and vice versa. Today I reinforced all the questions before making the call-up. And the explanation from them is very clear: the player has zero risk. There is zero risk regarding this hypothetical muscle injury. He is called up and will play.”

“I heard Dr. Duarte Gomes' explanations regarding VAR's performance and I have to respect them. But it's better to end VAR. If it can't say anything when there's an error of that magnitude... What does VAR do?”

“But one thing is training, another is playing [He is not called up]”

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