"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. I hope the players sleep as well as I do, which is to say that they don't sleep at all, Mourinho added. That's what I wish for them. That they don't sleep and instead think a lot, like I'm going to."
"The Benfica president, Rui Costa, said after the defeat that the squad had already planned to stay at Seixal after the game in Leiria, a city 90 miles north of Lisbon. It's not a punishment, it's a precaution for the next games, he told Portuguese media. It was already planned that the players would spend the night in Seixal. The final of the League Cup will be played on Saturday in Leiria,"
Jose Mourinho ordered Benfica players to remain at the Seixal training base after a 3-1 League Cup semi-final loss to Braga, with overnight stays and consecutive training sessions planned. Mourinho said players would go to their rooms on arrival and implied they should remain awake to reflect on the defeat. Benfica president Rui Costa described the stay as a preexisting precaution rather than punishment. Benfica will not contest the League Cup final and will instead prepare for a Portuguese Cup quarter-final against Porto next Wednesday. Braga led 2-0 at half-time and sealed victory despite a Benfica penalty goal.
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