Mourinho slams team after Benfica v Rio Ave: "That can't happen" | OneFootball

José Mourinho made some criticisms of the team regarding the way Rio Ave's goal was allowed by the Benfica defense. The Portuguese coach spoke to Sporttv's microphones in the usual flash interview, after the draw suffered by Benfica, already in stoppage time.

"The opponent played with a line of five and then four. They created nothing. They scored a fantastic goal, credit to the kid", José Mourinho began, in a brief overall analysis of the match, which ended in a one-all draw, with both goals coming near the end of the game.

The coach continued: "We have to look for other ways to break through, in the first half with Aursnes and Ivanovic there was little width, we tried to change that, even though Lukebakio wasn't in the best condition. We created a lot, we took advantage of the depth."

"And then we were punished on a transition... A team that's winning can't concede on the transition", José Mourinho said next, thus leaving some criticism of his team for the equalizer that the Eagles suffered, already at 90+1'.

The Benfica coach concluded with the following: "There was also a lack of freshness in some players, I didn't want to change too much, it's not the time to make changes, but freshness was missing, even though the team had a good attitude. I think winning this game would have been an important psychological boost, conceding like that is the opposite. But we can't win this game anymore, only the next one."

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