Jose Mourinho: Benfica players remain at the training field after Braga

Jose Mourinho took his players to stay at Benfica’s training ground after their loss to Braga in the League Cup semi-final, and the Portuguese coach said he hoped they would not sleep and think too much instead.

Benfica lost Wednesday’s match 3-1 and ended the match with ten men after former Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi was sent off.

Mourinho, who was appointed coach in September, suggested his players would remain at the club’s training base in Seixale for the foreseeable future.

Mourinho said in a press conference after the defeat by Braga: “The players will sleep in Seixal, and on Thursday there is training, and the next day there is training.”

“Since there is no final on Saturday, our next match will be against Porto next Wednesday.

“When we get to Seixal [on Wednesday]Everyone will go to their rooms. I hope the players sleep as well as me, which means they don’t sleep at all.

“That is what I wish for them. They do not sleep and think as much as I will think.”