Mourinho: “Praise? I’ve already thanked Farioli by message” | OneFootball

José Mourinho, coach of Benfica, stated this afternoon that he sent a message to the coach of FC Porto, Francesco Farioli, to thank him for the remarks made in the preview of the classic. Benfica and FC Porto will face each other this Sunday, in the 25th round of the League, at 6 p.m., with minute-by-minute coverage on Maisfutebol:

Farioli said that Benfica was FC Porto's biggest rival and praised Mourinho, both as a coach and as a person:

“Regarding his words about me, whether as a coach or as a person, I have already thanked him. We didn't speak on the phone, but I have already sent him a message. We have known each other for quite a few years now and, over these years, we have always exchanged words and some occasional phone calls, and I have already thanked him. If you hadn't asked me, I wouldn't have mentioned it, but since you did, I’ll take the opportunity to say what I did. I think the last message we exchanged was at Christmas, and now I felt the need to do so again.”

“If he says that we are their biggest rival, that's his opinion. If you ask me who our biggest rival is in the fight for the title, I say it's FC Porto because we play against FC Porto tomorrow, it's FC Porto because they are in first place, but objectively I consider that Sporting and FC Porto are truly our rivals, as they are ahead of us.”

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