José Mourinho on Benfica’s new starter: It’s simple | OneFootball

José Mourinho explained the introductions of Tomás Araújo and Gianluca Prestianni in the starting eleven. The club won 5-0, against Arouca, in a game that was decided during the first half, where the Eagles secured a three-goal lead.

"The center-backs are easy. We have 3 fantastic center-backs, Tomás, António, and the class of Nico. Not to mention that we have 4, 5, or 6 in training. There are good people in training.", José Mourinho began to explain, taking the opportunity to praise the players at his disposal.

The Benfica coachDecided on Tomás... he played little for the quality he has in my first games. I gave him this good opportunity, and he was truly top".

"We asked Luca [Prestianni] for irreverence, courage to take on, one-on-one, and to seek the opponent. Being right-footed, coming inside and creating spaces for Dahl to enter...", José Mourinho said next, this time about the Argentine winger.

The Benfica coach continued with an assessment of the winger's performance: "While he had energy and didn't get a yellow card, he was good. Players like him have to lose balls. Having wingers who don't lose balls are wingers who don't take risks. He had a good game".

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