In the preview to Sp. Braga-Benfica, of the 16th round of the national championship, José Mourinho was faced with the possibility of losing Nico Otamendi in the January market. The Argentine has been linked to Barcelona. Nico Otamendi «I'm not afraid of losing him at all, Otamendi didn't say anything, Rui Costa, Mário Branco or Simão Sabrosa didn't say anything. I have no reason until someone tells us something. Otamendi has a very open relationship and neither of them spoke about this. I will be there when one of them tells me something.” Good phase for Benfica, but also for its rivals «The success of teams also has to do with the success or failure of other teams. If the others had lost points we would have been closer. But as long as you win, you don't walk away. The only thing that depends on us are the results. Braga's game is a final, but that's all. The only thing we have been doing lately is playing finals. The game against Estoril, the semi-final with Braga too. It is the month of January that awaits us, after December was the same.”