"Regarding the sending off, the Porto bench person who was also sent off called me a traitor 50 times in the tunnel. I'd like him to explain: traitor to what? I was at Porto, I gave my soul to Porto. I went to Chelsea, Inter, Real Madrid, and Fenerbahce. I turned things around."
"I gave my all to the world, my soul, my life every day. That's what professionalism is all about. Insults from fans are one thing. And that's football. But a fellow professional calling me a traitor? A traitor to what? To give everything to Benfica?"
"I didn't like it. I was wrongly sent off. The fourth official did a terrible job throughout the game and continued to do so when I told the referee that."
During O Classico between Benfica and Porto, Jose Mourinho was dismissed after Leandro Barreiro's 88th-minute equalizer completed Benfica's comeback from two goals down. Porto had led 2-0 at halftime through Victor Froholdt and Oskar Pietuszewski, but Benfica fought back to draw 2-2. Mourinho's red card came after he kicked a ball toward Porto's bench, leading to an altercation with assistant Lucho Gonzalez. Mourinho disputed the dismissal, claiming the fourth official performed poorly throughout the match. He also responded to Gonzalez's repeated insults, defending his professional integrity across his career at multiple top clubs.
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