Vítor Pinto pressures Rui Costa, demands transparency at Benfica | OneFootball

Vítor Pinto is "curious" to hear what Rui Costa has to say this Thursday, but remains aware that the issues are complex and delicate. In that sense, the pundit would like an explanation regarding the "decision-making process" surrounding José Mourinho's situation.

"We've already heard many people preparing Rui Costa's funeral in the pre-election period. That he would never survive one debate, let alone two, but he ended up doing surprisingly well. And having said that, I'm somewhat curious to see how the Benfica president does when speaking to the members," he began by saying, in commentary on NOW channel.

"There are many topics, many things that will be scrutinized. For me, the most difficult issue, and where I would focus my questions, would be the decision-making process that led to what happened over the last two weeks," the pundit stressed.

"It is true that, in the week of April 29, José Mourinho had already decided that he was going to coach Real Madrid. How did that information reach Rui Costa? That is a big question. And that is where the questions need to go. Those were the decisions that led Benfica to lose control of the situation," Vítor Pinto warned.

"José Mourinho still gave six press conferences, in which he kept playing everyone the same tune, and then there were 13 straight days, including non-working days, in which he neither replied to Benfica nor communicated with the president, and things were handled, as always, on the basis of trust with Jorge Mendes," he concluded.

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