José Mourinho gives Benfica player a major dressing-down | OneFootball

Richard Ríos received a strong reprimand from José Mourinho. The coach of the team was not pleased with the Colombian international's behavior, particularly in the defensive aspect, criticizing the movements of the team's new addition.

“The number 20 was singled out when he was slow to return to help defend a corner, and again took too long when being substituted for Henrique Araújo during stoppage time,” writes the newspaper Record, highlighting the two moments José Mourinho reprimanded Richard Ríos in the Benfica – Rio Ave match.

However, Richard Ríos's place in Benfica's starting eleven for the match against Gil Vicente is not in question. Given the important absence of Enzo Barrenechea, the question is who will play alongside the Colombian international, with the choice likely to fall on Leandro Barreiro or Arsnes.

Nonetheless, José Mourinho demands that Richard Ríos corrects these kinds of attitudes as quickly as possible. On another note, in the match against Rio Ave, the midfielder was actually the player with the highest expected goals and the second with the most shots, only behind Vangelis Pavlidis, the team's striker.

This season, playing for Benfica, Richard Ríos – valued at 16 million euros – has played in 12 matches: six in the Liga Portugal Betclic, five in the Champions League, and one in the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup. In the 1,026 minutes he has been on the field, the midfielder has not scored any goals or made any assists.

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