Jose Mourinho hopes Benfica players 'don't sleep' after Braga loss

"Thinking we'd be playing the final, we're not going home, we're going to Seixal,"

"The players will sleep in Seixal, and tomorrow there's training, and the day after tomorrow there's training. But there's no game on Saturday. Since there's no final on Saturday, our next game is against FC Porto next Wednesday [in the Portuguese Cup quarterfinal]. 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. That's what I wish for them. That they don't sleep and think a lot, like I'm going to think."

"In the locker room it was a monologue, and monologues don't work for me; I like to have a dialogue with the players. We'll talk about the differences between the first and second halves and prepare in the best way possible for the game against FC Porto."

Benfica lost 3-1 to Braga in the Portuguese Allianz Cup semifinal in Leiria after trailing 2-0 at halftime. Jose Mourinho responded angrily, ordering players to stay and sleep at the club training ground in Seixal for the next few days and scheduling consecutive training sessions. Mourinho emphasized there is no final on Saturday and that the next competitive match is the Portuguese Cup tie against FC Porto next Wednesday. He expressed a desire for players to reflect, criticized a lack of communication in the locker room, called the postgame atmosphere a monologue, and demanded dialogue and tactical preparation.

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