José Mourinho brings good news to the squad after Porto v Benfica | OneFootball

José Mourinho has planned several days off for Benfica’s players after the match against Porto, at a time when many athletes leave Portugal to join their respective national teams. The Eagles’ coach will have a short squad for the next few days of training.

The Benfica team had a day off this Monday, after arriving in Lisbon at around four in the morning, in the early hours from Sunday to Monday. The late hours were due to the game against Porto starting at 9:15 pm and finishing after 11 pm.

The squad will return to training under José Mourinho on Tuesday and Wednesday, but then there’s more good news – the coach of the Club of Light has prepared another break, this time an extended one: the players will have time off from Thursday until Sunday, before returning to work at the start of next week.

In total, including youth national teams, 18 Benfica players will leave the Seixal Campus to join their respective national teams. José Mourinho will be left with 12 players in Lisbon, five of whom are under the care of the Eagles’ medical department.

The coach has already commented on this situation, before the match against Gil Vicente: “They’ve already told me that, for 15 days, we’ll be playing some ‘kickabouts’ of eight against eight, but it’s six coaches and two players. We’ll be having kickabouts with Aursnes and some other guy.”

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