Things are not going well at Benfica for Jose Mourinho, who started the season as Fenerbahçe Coach but was dismissed by the yellow-dark blue team.
Benfica, who could not get the results they wanted in the league and Europe, suffered a big blow in the league before the international break. Playing against Casa Pia, the Lisbon team left the field with a 2-2 draw after conceding a goal in the last minutes. Reacting to the result after the match, Mourinho walked up to referee Gustavo Correia and followed him to the dressing room.
“I AM TRYING TO TALK WITHOUT PUNISHMENT”
In his statement after the match, Mourinho said, “It is very difficult to understand the penalty given by the referee, but it is even more difficult to understand why VAR did not intervene. What does VAR do? What happened in yesterday’s match. What happened in another match a week ago. I do not want to get into these issues. I am trying to talk without getting punished.” He said his words.
Benfica, which remained at 25 points after the Casa Pia draw, fell 6 points behind the leader Porto.
HE COULD NOT SCORE IN EUROPE
After parting ways with Fenerbahçe, he said about Benfica: “I’m back to my own level!” The Champions League adventure is not going well for Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese coach, who played three matches with Benfica against Chelsea, Newcastle and Bayer Leverkusen in the Giants League, could not win any points with his team and failed to score a goal in the three matches he played.