Mourinho criticized Sudakov: It is impossible to approach individual confrontation with such harshness, lightness of importance

04 January 2026, 20:25 | Football 
Георгій Судаков, Getty Images

Benfica head coach Jose Mourinho commented on the 3:1 victory over Estoril in the 17th round match of the Portuguese Championship. The Portuguese captain recognized that the result was fair, but was not dissatisfied with the surrounding episodes of the game, despite the actions of Georgiy Sudakov at the hour of the missed ball at the end of the first half.

Mourinho noted that the match would be difficult due to a strong opponent.

" Mi richly sho zrobili good, ale buli y pardons. I'm always tempted to marvel more widely, even if your boss is also to blame for your problems. They play well, they kill good footballers and they are well prepared,” said the coach.

He also explained why high pressure is not always effective.

" They have great venom in the first phase, the stench breaks the pressure, and the team becomes stretched. The first half didn’t happen a lot of times, the other half didn’t happen at all,” adding Mourinho.

Okremno, the coach frowned at the moment after the missed goal, actually giving mercy to the Ukrainian wrestler.

“After a 2:0 loss, it’s impossible to miss a goal on the 47th or 48th century. It is not possible to approach an individual episode, especially against the most creative gravel with the greatest dribbling, with such crunchiness, lightness and low consistency. One on the right - sing at the break with a 2:0 ratio, and a completely different one - with 2:1,"

Mourinho also recognized what he worked on with the team during the break.

“My job was to analyze the video very tactfully and, most importantly, not allow the team to become frustrated.. I felt how disappointed it was to walk into the dressing room, even though we were winning, not losing or losing,” the coach explained..

" In the other half, we controlled the game well, and when we made mistakes, we fought successfully,” summed up Mourinho.

Previously, the journalist criticized Mourinho for Sudakov’s position.

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