Mourinho was seen talking with Vinicius after he walked off the pitch following the interplay with Prestianni.
However it was Mourinho’s post-match feedback that had been essentially the most surprising.
Whereas publicly backing his participant Prestianni, Mourinho recommended Vinicius had incited tensions by his celebration in entrance of the house assist.
“You rating a objective from one other world, why have fun like that?” Mourinho mentioned.
“The identical factor all the time occurs in so many stadiums. In what number of states has this occurred? In what number of stadiums? What number of? What number of?
“He is a fantastic participant, I really like him. Vinicius tells me one factor and Prestianni tells me one other. I need to be balanced.”
The remarks sparked widespread criticism, with many accusing Mourinho of shifting consideration away from the racism allegations and inserting accountability on the sufferer as an alternative.
Along with expressing his perception that Vinicius had been disrespectful along with his objective celebration, he pointed to the membership’s legendary striker Eusebio as proof that Benfica should not a racist membership.
Requested if he felt Vinicius incited the gang, Mourinho mentioned: “Sure. I consider so.
“It must be the loopy second of the sport, a tremendous objective. Sadly [he was] not simply completely satisfied to attain that astonishing objective. Once you rating a objective like that, you have fun in a respectful method.”
He added: “When he was arguing about racism, I instructed him the largest particular person within the historical past of this membership [Eusebio] was black.
“This membership, the very last thing that it’s, is racist. They [Vinicius and Prestianni] instructed me various things. However I do not consider in a single or one other. I need to be an impartial.”
