João Tralhão insists there was “excellent synchronisation” with Jose Mourinho final night time and the Benfica boss’ absence from the touchline didn’t contribute to their 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid.
Tralhão was the de facto supervisor on the Santiago Bernabeu with Mourinho serving a one-game ban for his pink card within the first leg of the Champions League play-off in Lisbon final week.
Mourinho, who was unable to take a seat on the bench, had an area reserved in radio sales space quantity six on the stadium however is reported to have stayed on the crew bus and watched the sport from there on an iPad.
It’s not identified how a lot influence he had on the sport itself – official traces of communication with the bench weren’t permitted – however Tralhão says the problem didn’t hamper the Portuguese membership.
He told the club’s official website: “The synchronisation was excellent. We had been ready. Clearly, it wasn’t a state of affairs we needed. José Mourinho didn’t wish to be out of the sport. We felt it was an unfair state of affairs, however our synchronisation was excellent.
“We have now at all times anticipated the eventualities. That is clearly a brand new state of affairs this season. We weren’t considering we may have the coach out, however he was, he was suspended, we anticipated the situation.
“The synchronisation was excellent from the start of this preparation, at this time it remained excellent, and the choices, clearly – I had instructed you – are at all times from the coach, however at all times supported by his technical workers.”
Mourinho happy with the efficiency
Benfica levelled the combination rating when Rafa Silva prodded them forward after 14 minutes however Aurelien Tchouaméni scored a near-instant equaliser and Vinicius Jr added a late winner as Madrid went through to the last 16 3-1 overall.
“We really feel that we now have created sufficient at this time,” added Tralhão. “I’ve simply talked to José Mourinho, we’re very happy with our efficiency, very happy with our crew. The gamers had been extraordinary.
“We’re annoyed with the end result, exactly due to that. We dominated from the start, we scored, we conceded a aim towards the run of play, as you could possibly see, and but we maintained the persona, we maintained the character, we maintained our successful mentality.
“The sport was determined in small particulars. We may have scored, we created sufficient events to attain. Actual Madrid clearly has a fantastic crew, however they’d a large in aim [Thibaut Courtois] who didn’t permit us to take the alternatives we had, however we depart right here happy with the crew.”
