Mourinho confident of comeback: “We have to be patient”

the portuguese Jose Mourinhocoach of Romebelieves that his team will be able to overcome the 0-1 received on Dutch soil, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa League, against a feyenoord which he acknowledged he respected.

“I trust my players and my fans”

“I respect Feyenoord completely, but I trust my players and my fans very much,” he declared at the press conference ahead of Thursday’s decisive second leg clash at the Olympic Stadium.

The Romeas happened in the round of 16 against him Salzburg, will have to overcome the poor result of the first leg at home. “We have to be patient, what counts is scoring two more goals than them. I don’t know if we will win, but I know that we have a team in good shape and that we can count on a stadium that will want to play with us,” he said. mourinho.

“Our fans know the difference between going to the stadium and playing with us. Not just waving the flag, but actually being on the pitch with us,” added the Portuguese.

Llorente’s good moment

The technician appreciates the good moment of the Spaniards Diego Llorente after his rapid adaptation period. “Llorente has experience but he needs time to play with us, to learn to play our way. Right now he is playing with stability and perfectly combined, at first our football was strange for him”, reflected of the former coach of real Madrid.

MourinhoIn addition, he came out in defense of his team’s style of play, which was accused of being too defensive. “We are a defensive team and we have 27 posts, it’s a bit contradictory. I don’t want to say that we’re unlucky, we just need to be better. You can talk about the post or the opposing goalkeeper, but for me it means that we create opportunities and that is important The subject of the posts does not concern me, on the contrary”, he sentence.