Benfica share José Mourinho’s stirring speech before the AFS (Video) | OneFootball

Benfica defeated AFS SAD 3-0 last Saturday, September 20, in a match counting for the sixth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. Before the game, José Mourinho gave an emotional speech to his squad, encouraging them to win, a moment shared on the Club’s social media.

"It’s beautiful to win at Benfica, playing for Benfica is tough, losing at Benfica is tough! Winning at Benfica is beautiful, but we’ve talked enough, now it’s time to go out there and win!" said José Mourinho to the whole team, in what was his first match since returning to Benfica.

Nicolás Otamendi took advantage of the new coach’s words and, as captain, also left a message for his teammates: "Always organized, always organized! The only thing that matters at this club is to get three points and win titles!"

The team would, in fact, go on to win the match and secure all three points at AFS SAD’s ground. Despite initial difficulties in breaking down the Avenses’ defense, Sudakov broke the deadlock right at the end of the first half, scoring in the 45’+3 minute.

With the narrow lead secured before halftime, Benfica came out in the second half at full steam and in the 57th minute, after a foul in the AFS penalty area, Pavlidis converted a penalty and made it 2-0. Six minutes later came the 3-0 that settled the match, with the Greek chipping the ball to Ivanovic, who finished first time into the back of the net.

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