Benfica’s coach lamented the injuries suffered by his players.
José Mourinho, Benfica’s coach, in a flash interview with BTV after the [3-1] victory against Estoril , in the 17th round of the League. The coach lamented the absences due to injury.
The team was angry at halftime.
We were expecting a difficult opponent. We were prepared to, at times, not press too high, because they are a technically very good team and are very good at breaking down defenses. You can’t concede that goal. Given the timing and the way the goal was scored, it’s unacceptable. It’s one thing to go into halftime 2-0 down, it’s another to go 2-1 down. My concern at halftime was, in fact, to try and prevent the team from feeling that goal too much. The team was frustrated, instead of being happy to be winning. They were angry about conceding the goal when and how it happened. Then, in the second half, we were obviously expecting Estoril to try and take control of the game and be more offensive. But, honestly, there wasn’t a single moment where we breathed a sigh of relief with a fantastic save from Trubin.
It was necessary to bless the Aursnes to install it.
In the final part of the game, I had to cross myself before putting Aursnes on the field, because it was a big risk. But I felt that the team, at that moment, needed his composure and, on the other hand, needed the explosiveness, the intensity, the rhythm, the depth that Sidny could provide. There was always that little apprehension, first game at the Estádio da Luz, how will he react? He comes on, the first thing he does is good, then he has the personality to take a quality corner kick and then scores the third goal which is what really ends the game. Honestly, they are three deserved points, but three difficult points against a very difficult team.
The length of Enzo’s injury is unknown.
“Let’s see how many weeks Enzo Barrenechea’s injury will last. Then António [Silva] was going to play and felt something during the warm-up. At this time when we need everyone, we enter this very difficult phase with fewer resources. But today the important thing was to win and we did that.