Jose Mourinho has instructed his Benfica squad to spend the night at the club’s training facility in Seixal following their disappointing 3-1 defeat to Braga in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final.
Speaking with the club’s website, the Portuguese tactician stated that the side would stay together at the training ground, where he hopes none of them get an ounce of sleep.
“The players will sleep in Seixal, and on Thursday there is training, and the day after there’s training,” Mourinho said at a news conference after the Braga defeat.
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“Since there’s no final on Saturday, our next game is against Porto next Wednesday.
“When we arrive in Seixal (on Wednesday), everyone will go to their rooms. I hope the players sleep as well as I do, which is to say that they don’t sleep at all.
“That’s what I wish for them. That they don’t sleep and instead think a lot, like I’m going to think.”
Benfica travel to Porto in the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup on Wednesday as the club aim to bounce back, hopefully well rested by the time kick-off rolls around.
