José Mourinho on Benfica v Sporting nerves: They know what's at stake | OneFootball

José Mourinho did not hesitate to point the finger at his players. At the end of the match — which ended in a draw — the Benfica coach admitted that the team knows it made mistakes at the start of the game and that the crowd’s reaction created some insecurity, at least until the equalizer.

Present at the press conference, which took place at Estádio da Luz, José Mourinho gave his analysis of the match’s incidents. “The question — and I’ve already asked them this — is why they did that. They know they made mistakes,” the Eagles’ coach began explaining to journalists.

“The goalkeeper knows he made a mistake, Enzo knows he made a mistake, António... everyone on the pitch feels the crowd’s reaction and there was nervousness,” he added, admitting that his players felt the pressure in the opening minutes, which ended up being detrimental.

“The equalizing goal resets everything to square one. In the second half we didn’t have a single goal kick because Sporting didn’t have a shot. Trubin didn’t touch the ball,” José Mourinho concluded, emphasizing that the Eagles were far superior in the second half.

It should be noted that the second derby of the season ended in a one-all draw. Pedro Gonçalves opened the scoring for the Lions and Georgiy Sudakov leveled the match before halftime. With this result, Benfica risks falling even further behind Porto.

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