Sid Lowe was in Lisbon tonight, and here’s his report. Thanks for reading this Clockwatch.
José Mourinho talks to Amazon Prime. “The goal should be the top, crazy moment of game … an amazing goal … this talent is able to do beautiful things … but he was not just happy to score that astonishing goal and the game was over.”
Does he believe Vinícius Júnior incited the crowd? “Yes, I believe so … there is something wrong, it happens in every stadium … the stadium where Vinícius Júnior plays, something happens, always.”
As for the exchange of words between Vinícius Júnior and Gianluca Prestianni: “Words were exchanged … I want to be independent … I don’t want to say I believe in Prestianni or believe in Vinícius … i want to be independent … I don’t want to comment … [Prestianni] denies it … I don’t want to believe one or another … they told me different things … I want to be independent.”
What did he say to Vinícius Júnior during the break in play? “I told him when you score a goal like that you have to celebrate in a respectful way … walk back … the biggest person in the history of this club was black [Eusébio] … the last thing [Benfica] is, is racist … this is Benfica.”
As for his red card: “I told the referee the truth, and they don’t like the truth.”
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