Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho, has slammed his critics following Benfica’s victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage match on Wednesday night.
He said he hopes his critics were not committing suicide jumping off balconies when they saw his team’s performance against the Spanish big teams.
Benfica defeated Real Madrid with a score of 4-2 and advanced to the Champions League knockout play-offs.
The game in Lisbon was really thrilling, and Real Madrid scored first when Kylian Mbappe netted in the 30th minute.
Andreas Schjelderup and Vangelis Pavlidis both scored goals, giving the home team a 3-1 advantage, but Mbappe then scored to cut Real’s deficit to just one goal.
The Spaniards needed to draw the game in order to have a chance of advancing to the top eight in the Champions League.
Benfica thought they were already in the top 24 and would make the play-offs, but after seeing other results, they needed one more goal to improve their goal difference and make it through.
Raul Asencio and Rodrygo received red cards towards the end of the game for Real Madrid.
In the last few minutes of the game, Benfica earned a free-kick just before the match ended.
Their goalkeeper, Anatoliy Trubin, left his goal to get the ball and headed it into the net, scoring the key fourth goal in the 98th minute.
Benfica are 10 points behind the leading team in the Primeira Liga, Porto and for this Mourinho has been facing some pressure, but he took the opportunity to address the criticism following their fantastic victory.
The former Chelsea manager said to reporters, “The only thing I want it to do is bring a little respect. I hope they are not committing suicide or jumping off the balconies. Calm down.
“Benfica will lose, and they’ll have another chance to beat us. The only thing I need is a little respect. The team is the same.”
