Mourinho Quotes Conceição After Benfica Win

A press conference with José Mourinho this Tuesday, analyzing Benfica’s first win in the Champions League group stage against Ajax (0-2), was notable for when the Portuguese coach quoted Sérgio Conceição while discussing the criticism he gave some of his players after Atlético-Benfica (0-2) in the Portuguese Cup.

“First,I want to say that we live in a country where,honestly,for 23 hours a day on many different TV channels,Benfica gives everyone something to talk about. I can imagine people might run out of things to say. From a simple comment by a coach at halftime – which he didn’t mind sharing publicly – a huge problem was made,” he started.

“Today I read comments from Sérgio Conceição, a great Portuguese coach, saying that at 52 years old, he would still be playing in the Asian Champions League at this rate. Where’s the drama?”