The Board of Benfica met this Wednesday and it was assumed that on the table could be the discussion around the process involving Domingos Soares de Oliveira, co-CEO of SAD incarnate. The debate on this topic, which is known to have generated some internal agitation (in the Governing Bodies there are those who defend the removal of the administrator) and even external agitation (memberships that have assumed a similar position), has not been met with any receptivity by part of the Benfica president, who again, in the speech celebrating the club’s anniversary, asked for a total spirit of unity and focus on the sporting interests of the time.
At this Wednesday’s meeting (the usual weekly meeting of the Board, normally on Mondays, but postponed due to the European journey), A BOLA found out, president Rui Costa was once again clear about the demand for full stability at the club to face difficult challenges until the end of the season, which won’t take much longer than two months after all.
Despite all the alleged dispute, the president of Benfica refused to turn this usual weekly Board meeting into a discussion table around the name of Soares de Oliveira, confirming, in fact, what was already written in this newspaper in the final part of 2022. «Rui Costa does not abdicate from Domingos Soares de Oliveira», was the headline that made the headlines in A BOLA, and thus he will remain the maximum leader of Luz, who will understand how harmful it is to be talking about structural issues when the incarnated conjuncture demands, in the in his opinion, concentration of all efforts in order to lead the club to return to the titles, in particular in football.
Until the end of the season, it seems, thus, removed from the top of the club scene of internal crisis. It will be seen if everyone will follow the calls for unity launched by the president. After the end of the championship, then, yes, the position of Domingos Soares de Oliveira will again deserve internal reflection and the departure of the co-CEO of SAD could, at that time, be a strong possibility.
