Total defeat in the Champions League! Mourinho: There are a lot of unsporting behaviors in pharmaceutical companies and the referee is the only person responsible

In this round of the Champions League, Benfica lost to Bayer Leverkusen. The team lost all 4 games in the Champions League. Mourinho lost all 3 games in the Champions League after taking office. After the game, Mourinho talked about the game in an interview. Among them was the referee Simone Sosa.

Evaluating the game

"The key is that the chances we created didn't score. This started early and lasted almost the entire game. According to the data I got, we had 21 shots. Obviously not all of them were on target, but we had four or five great opportunities."

A team that played well both with and without the ball, and although there were some setbacks in the opponent's offensive transition, there were many good opportunities in both the first and second half. Then, it failed in front of the goal. It breaks my heart that a young player who was doing so well made a mistake that resulted in a goal. We tried to pick ourselves up but the team struggled. Leverkusen then dropped deeper and blocked the center with their height, where we didn’t find much space. Obviously, I'm extremely frustrated with the result, but very happy with the progress of the team and the level of play. "

Is this the most unfair result you've seen since coaching Benfica?

"The performance was good, well-rounded, what made it less well-rounded was the lack of goals. The things we do well are the things we prepare for. Including what he did to Lukbakio, as well as Pavlidis's retracement, etc., the players did a very good job and were very committed. The loss was frustrating and there was no turning back, but it was a very good game. I told the players that if we play like this and score goals, we will only lose once in 10 games and that was today. "

Was the next game against Ajax decisive?

"We have been saying the game was decisive since we lost to Qarabag, and it was indeed a game that marked our trajectory. We had a good game against Chelsea and deserved a better result, and against Newcastle we were outgunned in the second half. "

"We don't need 12 points to advance, we don't need 11 points, I don't even need 10 points. But Naples, Ajax, Real Madrid, Juventus... We still have 2 games this year. If we get 6 points, then the team is still in the competition. We are not in contention on points at the moment but the team played a great game. "

Did the referee affect the game today?

" Regarding the specific situation of the game. I don’t want to discuss it too much, especially since I’m far away. I don't like protesting just for the sake of protesting, but when a team engages in all kinds of unsportsmanlike behavior...I will say this, usually the team has a lot of it, there's only one person who's responsible, and that's the referee. "

"It's rare to see the referee give a goalkeeper a yellow card in the first half. They didn't give it until the 89th minute. Those fouls, they fell to the ground themselves, forcing the game to stop. I won't go into details, and probably nothing special happened because there weren't any noticeable mistakes. "

"But we all have our share of responsibilities in the game, and the ugly part of today's game, the responsibility falls on the person who allowed it to happen. Unfortunately, I know this referee very well. I know that he doesn't like me, and I feel the same about him. I don’t think we lost because of the referee, we lost because we didn’t score. "