Gab Marcotti
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I could care less.
I want that picture up.
This is like the joy of football.
Yeah, absolutely.
And it feels weird, by the way.
Like we've given Mourinho...
Such a hard time over the years.
He's done some stupid things.
He's done some bad things.
But it was hard not to feel caught up in this moment.
Absolutely.
Because there's a whole backstory to this, not just the circumstance taking over.
Benfica, they're third in the Portuguese league.
They're not doing... They're unbeaten, but they're not doing as well as Sporting in Porto.
To prepare your team for this game, even with Real Madrid with all their foibles, I mean, there is a man-management level.
That he reaches.
I'm not saying he's the only one in the world who can do this.
But you go and create so many chances in this game.
And to approach it in this way, it's not just down to Real Madrid being poor.
It's down to... We have to give Benfica's players and Mourinho a lot of credit here.