Rui Calafate: Armas is front-runner in Benfica election race | OneFootball

Rui Calafate believes that Rui Costa is in pole position to win the Benfica elections. In the opinion of the sports commentator, the strong start to the season by the Reds, as well as the signings in the transfer market, put the current leader of the Clube da Luz as the big favorite.

“Rui Costa put all his cards on strengthening the squad, the objective was clear: to tilt the sporting plan in his favor, winning the Super Cup and securing the Champions League, two goals that were achieved,” Rui Calafate began, in an opinion article published in the newspaper Record.

Rui Calafate thus considers that Rui Costa starts as the big favorite for the elections on October 25, 2025: “With this strong momentum, the current president would place himself in the 'pole position' for the electoral act. It was up to the opponents to counter this advance and present their own weapons.”

“Only Noronha Lopes understood that he had to enter directly into the sporting arena—not just the management—to counter the maestro of number 10. His move with Bernardo Silva is well played and at the right moment,” argues Rui Calafate, commenting on the entry of the Portuguese international into the Benfica elections, which has been much talked about.

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