J. Mourinho: this time we lost not because of the referee's fault

2025-11-06 16:12 © IMAGO/Pius Koller

Lisbon's "Benfica" coach Jose Mourinho is unable to find the key to victories in the UEFA Champions League tournament.

Yesterday, the Portuguese team lost at home to Bayer Leverkusen (0:1).

After the match, the specialist was not ready to blame just the match referee.

"I don't like to protest, but this is unsporting behavior from the opponents. I always say that in such cases, one person is to blame - the referee.

Of course, we are responsible for such a result ourselves. Today we lost not because of the referee's fault - we messed up because we didn't score goals," - said J. Mourinho.

Having not fought for a single point in four matches, the Portuguese team shares the 35th-36th place with Amsterdam's "Ajax" in the tournament.