Mourinho hits back at rival’s criticism in Vitória SC-Benfica: nonsense | OneFootball

José Mourinho did not remain indifferent to the words of the Vitória Guimarães coach. At the end of the match, the manager of Benfica was asked about the criticism Luís Pinto made regarding the refereeing and stated that when he was his age, he also said things that were not the best.

At the press conference, at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, the Special One answered some questions and was confronted with the statements of his counterpart from Guimarães. “I’ve been Luís Pinto’s age and when I was, I used to say even more nonsense than I do now,” began José Mourinho.

However, despite the more ironic response from the Eagles’ manager, he acknowledged Luís Pinto’s qualities and gave an assurance about the future of the Portuguese coach: “He is a talented young man and if all goes well, he will get there.”

It should be recalled that in statements to Sport TV, Luís Pinto considered that Benfica did not deserve credit in the second half, due to decisions made by the refereeing which, in his opinion, ‘ruined’ the match: “The game became a weak spectacle. Those who were here did not deserve this. The second half was a very poor spectacle.”

Against a tough opponent, Benfica managed to secure three important points in Liga Portugal Betclic. The next match will be next Wednesday, November 5th, for the Champions League, where the Glorious will seek their first victory in the prestigious competition, against Bayer Leverkusen.

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