Mourinho on Benfica win: congratulates Luís Pinto instead | OneFootball

In the aftermath of Benfica's triumph over Vitória de Guimarães, José Mourinho expressed some words of appreciation for Luís Pinto, the former coach of the Vitória team. The Special One regretted that the young coach was not present and congratulated him on winning the League Cup against Braga.

"Before analyzing the game, if you allow me, today I was expecting Luís Pinto to congratulate him on an extraordinary achievement, because Vitória doesn't win titles every year and Luís achieved it with great brilliance," José Mourinho began by saying in the flash interview given to BTV.

"The fact that he is not here today makes me publicly — and using the grandparents — send him that hug from an experienced coach to a young coach. Once again, I want to congratulate him on the fantastic work he did at Vitória," added the Benfica coach, before analyzing the triumph of the eagles.

"As for the game, if we cling to the 3-0 and the great opportunities we had at the end of the game, I even think it could have been five or six, but I don't think the game was like that. The game had a difficult period for us, where Vitória had 15 minutes in the first half that caused us a lot of problems," José Mourinho acknowledged.

"In the second half, when we made it 2-0, the game was over, but I can't help but say that the difficulty the game had for us... I don't want to say that the 3-0 is false, because it could have been five or six, but it doesn't reflect the good game that Vitória played," concluded the Special One, in statements to BTV.

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