José Mourinho, speaking in the SportTV flash interview, after the 2-0 defeat against Juventus, in the penultimate round of the Champions League phase: Analysis of the defeat against Juventus “In football, whoever scores wins. There are a thousand examples of teams that do little to win and win and others that do a lot to win and don't win. We played a strong game, but in the last 20 meters you have to be objective, you have to attack the goal and attack it with everything. We had some great opportunities, others that were half-opportunities. At the beginning of the second half we conceded a goal where these occasions were accumulating and, based on my experience, I commented to my assistants that “we are trying to get a goal”. Their bench is powerful, fast and good for transitions, with Francisco Conceição, Openda and Kostic. The players were fantastic in their pride until the end. If the penalty goes in… Criticism of Pavlidis? Minus one, he works a lot for the team, but he slipped up. The team needed a goal to get back into the game. Benfica did much more, but due to the pragmatism of the result, we lost.” Team performance in Turin «Because they are growing, they are playing, we have injuries and everything, the team is playing well, but there are growing pains. These pains go away, McKennie once appeared in front of the goalkeeper, sat him down and scored a goal. When you go with players who grow up it's more complicated. At this level you need players with full body and stamina. In terms of showing up and having the courage to take on the game, I said the game would be divided, but we had a lot of control. Juventus were in difficulty, but an Italian team that starts to win is very difficult. I saw players like Aursnes and Barreiro, who have played every minute of every game, made an extraordinary effort to play the game they did.” Benfica's accounts in the Champions League «I look at it in two different ways. Until we are objectively told that nine points are not enough, we will believe that they can be achieved. It's a culture that we have as a club, at Benfica it's not the objectives that define the levels of motivation and the level of professionalism. Let's go with everything until the end. If throughout the season, the players may have had games where they left with their heads down and the fans demanded more from them, in this case I think the players have to leave here valued by this experience. Transform sadness into motivation based on the confidence with which you leave the game. We were very competent until the last 20 minutes, but then we had to break the goal and we didn't.”