Glorioso 1904 exclusive: Mourinho to Benfica? Bruno C. Carvalho predicts | OneFootball

Bruno Costa Carvalho is certain that José Mourinho will be Real Madrid’s new coach next season. In this Glorioso 1904 Exclusive, the former candidate for the presidency of Benfica spoke with our newspaper, where he not only discussed the future of the Special One, but also looked at the chances of securing second place in the league.

"I would like José Mourinho to stay at Benfica, in the same way that I would have liked Rui Costa to have already renewed his contract for another two or three years. However, I don’t think he will stay next season and he will move to Real Madrid," he began by saying.

"Arbeloa has no future at Real Madrid and it seems to me that Florentino Pérez is very focused on bringing José Mourinho back, just as he previously was with Ancelotti. And that is why I see José Mourinho at Real Madrid next season," he stressed.

As for Benfica’s objective of holding on to second place in the league, Bruno Costa Carvalho believes it will be difficult but does not rule out success: "Benfica have a very difficult schedule until the end of the league, especially the match against Famalicão. Braga will have to play in the Europa League semi-final and, with that fatigue, I believe Benfica will win the match at Luz [...] The great advantage is that Benfica now depend only on themselves and know that if they win everything until the end, they will be in the Champions League."

In conclusion, despite the happiness that the draw in AFS SAD - Sporting brought to the Special One’s side, the former candidate for the reds’ presidency admits that the pressure has increased even more: "Now, knowing with complete certainty that we only need to win the rest of the matches to finish in second place, of course the pressure increases. It has never been as great as it is now, but great teams have to live with that pressure."

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.