In the 16th week of the Portuguese Super League, Braga hosted Benfica at home. The highly competitive match ended in a 2-2 draw.
Pau Víctor and Rodrigo Zalazar scored the goals for the host Braga, while Nicolas Otamendi and Fredrik Aursnes scored the goals for Benfica. After this result, Benfica increased its points to 36 and Braga to 26. Despite having more matches, Braga remained 7 points behind the leader Porto.
After the match, statements that shook the agenda came. Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho claimed that they won even though the score was 2-2.
“It is a great result to beat Braga 3-2 here. Our goal was clean, this is a great victory,” said Mourinho, adding:
“I watched our third goal from the bench. I had doubts about the distance, but I watched it many times on the VAR monitor. The goal is definitely valid. This is a great victory. We won, we won, we won!
Some clubs win matches due to referee mistakes, some lose the same way. Strange things are happening. They’ll call me crazy, that’s okay. “I leave here believing that we turned the game around and won.”