Mourinho hails moral victory at Dragão: “We controlled the game” | OneFootball

Benfica was eliminated from the Portuguese Cup after losing 1-0 to FC Porto this Wednesday at Estádio do Dragão. Speaking to Sport TV after the match, José Mourinho stated that the Eagles dominated the game.

“The reasons are obvious, the better team lost, but the better team didn’t score and conceded one. We controlled the game at will against a team that has a lot of intensity, a team with the DNA of true athletes, but Benfica dominated from start to finish. We conceded a goal from a set piece, where, due to some absences, the players who were out of position were Dahl, Barreiro, and Dedic marking Bednarek, Froholdt, Kiwior. We worked a lot on set piece situations because we knew we didn’t have Otamendi and Enzo. There weren’t many goal opportunities, but it seemed to me a clear dominance against a team that is riding high on confidence, at a moment when their fans accept, given the great form the team is in, that their team spends 45 minutes defending in their own half at home. The goal we missed in the last minute says it all. If in the last game against Braga I was upset with the players, today I’m upset for the players.”

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