Before Benfica-Nacional, Mourinho hits out at press: called me a liar | OneFootball

José Mourinho held a press conference marked by topics that are still making headlines. Present in the press room at Seixal, the Benfica coach - who had already announced some updates - revealed that there are more players in the squad, saying he had forgotten, stressing that he is not a "liar", as the press had suggested.

"And Aursnes and Barreiro are in too. I forgot. And I have to be very careful with the things I say here, because they called me a liar last week over a detail," José Mourinho began, when asked about the injured players who are under the care of the medical department.

"I said Prestianni had never come here and they took it completely literally and called me a liar, because a player who in three days of training spends two days at home in bed and shows up at Seixal for one day, where he does a short restricted training session, my expression of 'he didn't even come to Seixal' was enough for them to label me a liar," recalled the Special One.

"So I have a question regarding liars: there was a meeting between me and the players a couple of days ago, and two journalists who work for the same company, one wrote "fantastic meeting, carried out with great empathy, the coach always speaking in a low tone of voice, without any direct accusations"," the Benfica coach said.

"Same company, one colleague: "the meeting was a volcano, the coach directly humiliated Lukebakio in front of the rest of his teammates". That is where the lie is. One of the two is a liar. The liar was the one who said the meeting was a volcano. The other had good information. He had the correct information," José Mourinho concluded.

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