Benfica head coach Jose Mourinho commented on the draw with Braga (2:2) in the match of the 16th round of the Portuguese championship, saying that his team actually won.

According to the words of the Portuguese leader, the first half was lost to the Hospodars, but after the break Benfica dominated the field:.

" In the other half there was no Braga - there was only Benfica. The Graves took responsibility for themselves,” adding Mourinho.

The coach of the transfers, who scored the goal of his team, scored according to the rules, and the final result was different:.

" We scored three clean goals. I spent a moment looking for the substitutes and then looked at the replay - the goal was clean. “We overcame,” the mentor said.

Mourinho also stated that VAR played a key role in wasting the victory, although he also positively assessed the work of the referees:.

" Ale VAR decided the result of the match. “The clubs that always win for bets, and the ones that spend points through them,” the coach was quoted as saying by Record.

It is significant that in this match the referee scored two goals from each team.

After all this, Benfica is already one point ahead of Porto and five points ahead of Sporting.