Mourinho dedicates Benfica win to Silvino and admits it was tough | OneFootball

One of the moments that marked the match between Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães was the minute of silence in memory of Silvino. During that period, the various cameras present at Estádio da Luz captured the tears of José Mourinho. In the end, the Special One spoke about the emotions he felt.

"Yesterday, my wife told me it was hard to believe he was gone and it’s still hard, but he is, and what remains are the memories," José Mourinho began, speaking to BTV, remembering his friend and goalkeeping coach who accompanied him for almost two decades.

"As I said in a post I had the courage to write, it’s still time to cry for him, but I hope there will be many years ahead for me, and for many of the friends he has in Setúbal, to cry with laughter. With me, it was 18 years. Being with him and living with him meant laughing a lot, and we have so much to remember," added the Special One, before analyzing the Eagles’ victory.

"He was one of those people it was easy to fall in love with. At home, with my wife, my daughter, and my son, we’re all feeling the same... but now it’s about looking after the family he left behind, the children who are also part of our lives and grew up with us, and trying to give them strength and laugh a lot," he explained.

"At that moment, [the fact that] I couldn’t be at the funeral and seeing him there on the screen was heavy, but I will always remember the words he used to say to me before matches and later, over the phone: ‘bro, today it’s going to go well.’ My father always told me: ‘I have a lot of faith.’ The people back in Setúbal, Paulo, Hernâni, and all the friends he has there, we still have to laugh a lot because of him," concluded José Mourinho.

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