Jose Mourinho has ordered his Benfica players to sleep at the club's training ground after they were beaten by Braga in the Portuguese League Cup semi-finals. 'Look, today, thinking we were going to play the final, we're not going home, we're going to Seixal,' he said on Thursday. 'The players will sleep in Seixal, and there's training tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I hope the players sleep as well as I do, which is to say, don't sleep at all. Mourinho side, who sit third in the Portuguese top flight and 10 points behind leaders Porto, face the rival club in the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup on Wednesday.

Source: Express January 08, 2026 16:21 UTC