Mourinho's Benfica narrowly win | Mourinho complains of fatigue at the end of the match
Jose Mourinho, who left Fenerbahce to take charge of Benfica, got his second win with his team against Gil Vicente. The Portuguese coach's post-match comments were quite remarkable.
Benfica hosted Gil Vicente in the 7th week of the Portuguese League. Benfica won the match played at Estadio da Luz Stadium 2-1.
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The winning goals for Benfica came from Vangelis Pavlidis in the 18th and 26th minutes, one from a penalty. Luis Esteves scored Gil Vicente's only goal in the 11th minute.
GOAL RETURNED FROM THE VAR
Pablo's goal for Gil Vicente in the 48th minute was ruled out by VAR for 6 cm offside.
GIL VICENTE PLAYED MORE EFFECTIVELY
The away team had 2 balls hit the post and goalkeeper Trubin made several saves.
RED CARD
At Gil Vicente, Santos Hevertton received a second yellow card in the 90+9th minute, leaving his team down to 10 men in the dying minutes. Jose Mourinho's Benfica took the 3 points in a very difficult way.
MOURINHO'S 2ND WIN
With this result, Benfica got their 2nd win in their 3rd match under Jose Mourinho and increased their league points to 17. Gil Vicente remained on 13 points. Benfica will face Porto away next week.
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SELF-CRITICISM FROM MOURINHO
Mourinho, who was self-critical after the match, said: "This Benfica is not the Benfica we wanted. The team is tired, matches played every three days are tiring, some players are tired."
