Mourinho pokes fun at Sporting and Porto after Moreirense v Benfica | OneFootball

Benfica defeated Moreirense 4-0 last Sunday, in a match valid for the 14th round of Liga Portugal Betclic. At the end of the match, José Mourinho addressed the refereeing and ended up 'taking a jab' at Sporting and Porto in his statements, due to an incident in the home team’s penalty area involving Vangelis Pavlidis.

The coach considered that the Greek striker was fouled: “He scored three good goals, could have scored four, because there was a penalty on him. Penalties like those are forgotten because the result was 4-0, but they can decide games when the score is 0-0.”

The criticism extended to the attitude of direct rivals, namely Sporting and Porto: “Penalties that others cry about, pressure, shout, and keep pressing. And we, with a different profile, do it less. Since I’m not interested in winning the fair play award, I must say it was good refereeing, but a mistake between the referee and VAR.”

With a thrashing of AFS in the same round, Rui Borges’ men remain in second place in Liga Portugal Betclic, now with 35 points. Porto leads the competition with 37 (one game less). Benfica completes the podium, with 31.

The green and white emblem returns to the field next Thursday, December 14, against Santa Clara, in a match for the round of 16 of the Portuguese Cup. The match against Vasco Matos’ team will be played at 18:45, away, in the Azores.

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