Mourinho Criticizes Benfica Players After Cup Loss ⚽

José Mourinho has turned on his Benfica players after the team’s 3-1 defeat by Braga in the Portuguese League Cup semi-finals, suggesting that the squad would be staying at the club’s Seixal training base until further notice.
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“The players will sleep in Seixal, and on Thursday there is training, and the day after there will be training,” Mourinho said at his post-match press conference. “When we arrive in Seixal, everyone will go to their rooms.”

He added: “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.”

‘I hope they don’t sleep’: José Mourinho turns on Benfica players after cup loss ► https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/08/jose-mourinho-benfica-braga-league-cup-seixal

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