José Mourinho on Benfica v Casa Pia draw: If I’m going to comment... | OneFootball

José Mourinho took some responsibility for the draw between Benfica and Casa Pia, but did not refrain from criticizing the match referee. The Benfica coach saw his team concede a 2-2 draw at Estádio da Luz, and at the end of the match spoke to BTV microphones in the usual flash interview.

"Good first half, up until we scored the goal. Good dynamics, intensity, against a block of 10 players at the edge of the box, hard to break through," José Mourinho began, referring to an initial period of the match where the Eagles were clearly superior.

The Benfica coach continued his analysis of the first half, taking some responsibility for the process, particularly regarding the lack of goals at halftime: "But a lot of movement, combinations on the wings, we really tried to break through and we scored a good goal".

"Then we entered a period, our fault, where we should have continued the same way, tried to finish the game, but we lacked that ambition, that instinct that Benfica must have," Mourinho continued, wrapping up his analysis of the first half.

To conclude, José Mourinho assigned some blame to the referee: "In the second half we improved, made it 2-0, Casa Pia hadn’t even had a shot on goal. Then if I start to comment on the referee’s and VAR’s performance, I’ll have to get into analyzing what happened today, yesterday, what happened a week ago, and I don’t want to go there".

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