Jose Mourinho got off to a strong start in his first game as manager of Benfica as his side eased to a comfortable 3-0 win over AVS Futebol SAD in a Primeira Liga clash.<\/p>\n
Mourinho, who left T\u00fcrkiye’s Fenerbahce last month, was appointed Benfica manager on Thursday, a day after Bruno Lage was sacked following their shock 3-2 Champions League defeat by Qarabag.<\/p>\n
Heorhiy Sudakov opened the scoring for Benfica on the stroke of half-time, before Vangelis Pavlidis and Franjo Ivanovic sealed the three points on Saturday, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n
Despite the win, the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United boss was quick to keep expectations in check.<\/p>\n
“We worked for an hour and a half yesterday,” the 62-year-old told reporters.<\/p>\n
“I thank the players for their professionalism, their passion for the club, but at the same time for the way they welcomed me, the way I felt they were embracing what we were working on, and that’s it.<\/p>\n
“If we had lost, it would obviously have been a disaster in terms of points. Winning isn’t phenomenal, but it was the best thing we could do, they needed to win after losing two points and after a psychologically heavy defeat.<\/p>\n
“I told them after the game, it was good, but it was nothing extraordinary, hurry up, tomorrow there’s training in the morning.”<\/p>\n
Benfica are second in the Portuguese top-flight standings with 13 points from five matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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