My people, hear this one well! After dem suffer one heavy 3-1 disgrace from Braga for the League Cup semi-final, Jose Mourinho don decide say make his players sleep for training ground. Na your eyes dey shine, abeg! He waka go Seixal where dem go dey reflect instead of just dey sleep and dey chill.
Mourinho wey sabi carry ball matter like say na him dey play, talk am for press conference say, ‘No final dis Saturday, so our next match na against Porto next Wednesday. Players go just dey room, I hope say dem go sleep like me, which mean dem no go sleep at all!’ Hahaha!
As e be, after dem lost and dem fit no follow make am to final, dem dey try re-arrange their focus ahead of next match. And no forget, dem finish the match with just 10 men, thanks to Nicolas Otamendi wey collect red card. E no go easy, my guy!
Wetin Mourinho get for mind? Him dey plan say make players no just dey sleep, but instead dey think well-well about wetin go fit happen if dem wan turn this thing around. From wetin I hear, him don win 14 of his last 23 matches, but this loss don jam dem for the wrong side. E don break their 11-game unbeaten run wey dey shine for dem!
Jose begin him journey as coach for Benfica back in 2000 but e no last, him just do 10 matches before wahala with the president make am groove go. This time, hin dey determined to put things in order, even if na for Seixal training base dem go dey manage chop and sleep.
Mourinho talk say, ‘We go get beta convo this Thursday, because wetin happen for locker room no sweet me at all. Na monologue we dey hear, and I prefer if we dey yarn together.’ E show say e no dey play when e come to team talk!
Benfica dey sit third for Primeira Liga, but na 10 points distance dem dey from table topper Porto. Na serious matter be that, my people. E still dey young for this season, but dem need to sharpen their game if dem wan compete. Dem fit go fear na the next match, but dem go try lift spirits and get back to winning way!
Soon, dem go face Porto again for quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup, and na in that match Mourinho go try build back confidence for him players. Make we dey watch as things dey unfold. Wetin you think? You feel say dem go shine again or another wahala dey come?
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