BENFICA vs REAL MADRID | Champions League Playoff 1st Leg | 17.02.26 | 21:00 CET

Like that stops retards.

 

Yeah, Mourinho is 100% not coming to Madrid next season. So that's him out of the equation.

 

He punched the wrong guy.

 

Incredibly stupid from Fede there.

 

This is what AppleBob86 was talking about. Pathetic from Mou.

🚨 José Mourinho on Vinicius Jr: “When it happens in so many stadiums, always with the same, there is something wrong”.

“I told Vini: you scored a wonder goal, why did you celebrate like that? Why can’t you celebrate a goal with just the happiness of being a great player?”. pic.twitter.com/Sv4mXOV8Vm

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 17, 2026

 

If Tchouameni was more mobile pass and move DM instead of just low motor fixed outlet in the middle it would solve so many issues for us. He can be more than a Casemiro clone. We need more than that from him, Case had Modric and Kroos.

 

Yeah. The reporter doubled down and basically asked if Mourinho means the racism Vini faces and he said yes, bluntly.

 

BAILA @vinijr and please never stop.
They will never tell us what we have to do or not. ✊🏽

— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) February 17, 2026

 

🚨 José Mourinho: “Vini Jr. provoked the fans? In how many stadiums has this happened? He’s an incredible player, I love him but when you score a goal like this, celebrate with your teammates.”

This is how you used to celebrate Jose, don’t moral police now 🤫 pic.twitter.com/UMpNe8wFm9

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) February 17, 2026

Jose lecturing how people should celebrate. Get the ******** out.

 

0 self awareness https://t.co/jTmmp64kvx pic.twitter.com/PwoMElEeXv

— 🫵🏽 (@idoxvi) February 17, 2026

 

🚨 BREAKING: A Real Madrid person, who is NOT a player and NOT on the coaching staff, but works for the club, PHYSICALLY FOUGHT Benfica president Rui Costa in the TUNNEL.

They had to be SEPARATED. @COPE pic.twitter.com/oeunusypsd

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) February 17, 2026

 

Mbappe saying all the right things in the mixed zone.

"I asked Vini what he wanted to do. Whatever he wants to do, we'll do it as a team. We'll never leave Vini alone. We've supported our player. If something like that happens to you, how would you feel?

"Did Prestianni…

— Managing Madrid (@managingmadrid) February 17, 2026

 

Mou says the referee didn't want to caution Tcho, Carreras or Huijsen. They had 3 fouls between them. 1 for Tcho and 2 for Carreras. Huijsen didn't even concede a free kick. Is the man ok

 

Yeah his interview was great. Huge huge respect for him after this incident. Captain level. Just needed Rudiger to flatten the guy to make this win enjoyable

 

Mou rambling

🚨 Mourinho: "I went to Arbeloa to tell him: "Look at this guy, Vini, he scores a great goal, and then he goes to the corner ACTING LIKE A FOOL."

🤮 pic.twitter.com/iGpK0VFNbF

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) February 17, 2026

🚨 Mourinho: "Did I get sent off for telling the ref to send off Vini? No, no, I got sent off because I told him I knew he had a note that said "you can't book Huijsen, Carreras and Tchouaméni", because then they'd be suspended.

I know how these things work."

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) February 17, 2026

 

The ref was pretty shit tbh. And some calls definitely went our way.

Mou was never going to play nice just because it's us. He's that guy, he will always be that guy.

I'm not even shocked at his comments about Vini celebrating.

 

🚨🚨 VINI JR.:

“Racists are, above all, cowards. They need to put their shirts in their mouths to show how weak they are.

But they have the protection of others who, theoretically, have an obligation to punish them.

Nothing that happened today is new in my life or in my… pic.twitter.com/21wPNUQgFf

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 17, 2026

 

🚨 Seedorf: “I think Mourinho expressed himself in an unfortunate way when he mentioned it is not the first time this happened to Vinicius Jr.” https://t.co/rnkRgRycjl

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 17, 2026

 

I think he was overall pretty forgiving. Lots of fouls went unpunished, in fact he saw and just waved it away. Think he should've punished Fede and punished the twat far earlier. The yellow on Vini was mindboggling and our players kept getting pelted with objects and he just told them to get on with it. I didn't like that

 

Yeah I take that back now that I've seen Mourinho's full statement. F*ck him.

 

This is what was said post-game -


JM: Should be the top, the crazy moment of the game. An amazing goal. In a good game, in a good first half. Where Benfica was very strong in the beginning and then Real progressively was changing the game and finished the first half with a couple of good occasions and dominance. Then the second half is open. These talents are able to do these beautiful things, but unfortunately he was not just happy to score that astonishing goal and then the game the game was over.


Q: How do you mean he wasn’t just happy to score the goal?


JM: When you score a goal like that, you celebrate in a respectful way.


Q: He incite it, is that what you feel? He incited the crowd, he incited your players?


JM: Yeah. I believe so. I believe so. Then the words that they change Prestianni with Vinicius I want to be independent. I don’t want to say I believe in Prestianni, I don’t believe in Vinicius is because they told two complete different things. I want to be independent and I don’t I don’t comment about it.


Q: You spoke to Vinicius though, didn’t you? What were you saying?


JM: I told him exactly that. I told him that when you score a goal like that, you just celebrate and walk back and then was when he was arguing about racism. I told him that the biggest person in the history of this club was black


Q: Eusabio?


JM: [nods] and this club the last thing that it is, is racist. So if, if in his mind or something in relation to that this is Benfica.


Q: You say in his mind? Has Prestianni said anything to you about what he’s alleged to have said?


JM: They told me different things.


Q: He would deny it.


JM: Yeah. But I don’t believe in one or another, I want to be independent


Q: If it has happened it’s very sad and obviously Vinicius has been in this position before and obviously feels so strongly about this that he must speak out


JM: But there is something wrong because happens in every stadium.


Q: How do you mean?


JM: Stadiums where Vinicius plays, something happens. Always.


Q: Are you saying that it might not be true?


JM: I’m saying that was a good 50 minutes of football I believe millions of people watching him around the world. A crazy goal, absolutely crazy goal and then game over.


Q: And then finally of course you have a red card to top your night off.


JM: Yeah because I told the referee the truth but they don’t like to listen to truth


Q: So you’ll go to the Bernabeau, probably not to be on the bench next week, Jose, that’s a shame from your point of view…[carries on]


Very disappointed in Jose. Can’t believe he said that

 

🚨 Thierry Henry: “I don’t care (if Vini Jr.’s celebration was provocative). I want to know what Prestianni said.

I REFUSE to discuss the celebration. I don’t even want to discuss it.

Prestianni, WHAT DID YOU SAY? This is all we want to know.” @CBSSports pic.twitter.com/sgfhXIGxXb

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 17, 2026

🚨 Thierry Henry: “We don’t care about the celebration.

The game didn’t stop because of the celebration, it stopped because of what Prestianni apparently said.

I don’t want to discuss any celebration.” @CBSSports pic.twitter.com/WSWNUq7kF7

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 17, 2026

 

Pitarch's dad crying while hugging him after CL debut tonight. Just saw on RMTV.

 

He isn't a Case clone, Case could pick a pass when necessary long or short to open up defenses and could score goals, at times he'd be in the box playing one twos with the attackers and overloading defenses, he was much more than a DM who just won balls and gave it to Toni and Luka