José Mourinho, in the press conference after Saturday’s victory against Estoril (3-1), clarified recent problems. Midfielder Enzo Barrenechea missed this match with an injury to his left shoulder, central defender António Silva was injured in the warm-up (Tomás Araújo moved into the starting line-up) and Aurnes started as a substitute, was released, but the coach reveals the Norwegian midfielder’s fragility.
«Enzo already knows more or less since yesterday, the recovery time…let’s see…it depends on the medical approach to the situation, Veloso [João Veloso, médio da formação que sofreu lesão no ombro] There’s a very similar situation, let’s see what the medical approach is, but with the weeks we have in January, even if it’s conservative, we lose games and it’s difficult for us because we don’t have that many players. António Silva felt the muscle in the warm-up, in practice it wasn’t a problem, playing António or Tomás there is no difference in quality. We have Wynder with an injury, we want to help the B team to stabilize them because it is important for Benfica. Aursnes has a problem that has been going on for a few games, we didn’t want it to play out, we wanted it to stabilize…», said José Mourinho.
