Ex-player: Benfica’s problem isn’t the referees | OneFootball

José Mourinho once again publicly criticized Benfica’s attitude and the refereeing. After the 2-2 draw with FC Porto, he blamed his players for the defensive mistakes that led to the second goal and censured the referee’s actions, stating that “the referee sent me off because I kicked a ball at FC Porto’s bench, which is false.”

Diogo Luís, a former Benfica player, did not hold back criticism of either Mourinho or the club’s mentality.

“José Mourinho is intelligent, he knows that by talking about this for 70% of the press conference, he doesn’t have to talk about other things. This is one of Benfica’s problems. People think Benfica’s problem is the referees, but Benfica’s problem is not the referees.”

The former Portuguese international also admitted that “José Mourinho assessed FC Porto’s team very well,” but that he failed to explain “how he was unable to counter FC Porto.”

Diogo Luís compared the situation at Benfica to that of Rui Borges, who “went the whole season without 8 or 10 players.”

“Mourinho also said that he couldn’t make changes at halftime because he only had players for 15 minutes. Saying this discredits those who are on the pitch.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.