Jose Mourinho let rip at his Benfica players following the 2-0 victory over Atlético CP on Friday, claiming he wanted to make nine substitutions at halftime due to their "unacceptable" attitude.

Benfica ultimately got past the third-tier side in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal, but only after late goals from Richard Ríos and Vangelis Pavlidis .

"In the first half, Benfica didn't play, and worse than not playing, Benfica wasn't on the field," Mourinho, famous for his postmatch tirades, said.

"And worse than not being on the field was having so many players with an attitude that is not acceptable even in training. Because in training we compete so much that I can't even remember a single training session where the attitude was what we had today.

"Right from the first minut

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