After 25 years, José Mourinho made his debut in charge of Benfica with a 3-0 win against AVS on the sixth round of the I Portuguese Football League. The club shared backstage images, including moments of the coach’s pre-game lecture, celebrating the triumph that marked his return to the team.
Benfica shared unpublished backstage images of the 3-0 win against AVS on the sixth round of the I Portuguese League. The video shows the arrival of the team, the empathy with the supporters and the motivational lecture of before the game.
The coach reinforced the responsibility of representing the club and called for the claw of his players, while the images capture the excitement in the benches and lawn and the celebrations of the triumph, the day that marked the return of the Portuguese to the team.
“Beautiful is winning at Benfica. Playing at Benfica is f *****. Losing in Benfica is f *****. Winning Benfica is beautiful to c ******. We have talked a lot, now come on, now it’s inside, and let’s kill them,” said the incarnated coach.
In the village of Aves, the Lisbon opened the scoring through Ukrainian Sudakov at 45+3 minutes, who first scored Benfica’s service, and expanded the advantage with Greek Pavlidi goals, at 59, and Croatian Ivanovic at 64.
Benfica, who returned to the triumphs, is second, with 13 points, five from leader FC Porto, but with less one game, while AFS, interimly led by Fábio Espinho, remains last, still without winning, with just one point.