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Critic of the management of Luís Filipe Vieira and a supporter of the candidacy of João Noronha Lopes, António Simões, a Benfica legend, took the floor this Thursday, in a clarification session that took place in Braga.
“This is a defining moment in the life of our century-old institution. This is the judgment of the last legislature, of the last four years. What Benfica did we have? What Benfica do we want?
Business logic superimposed on competitive logic. Even the investments were miscalculated. How could the penta be lost, in a year in which half the team was sold and only 10M were spent on signings. They were uninspired lights. They encouraged our opponents, one who was tapped. It was an incredible four years of legal proceedings.
Which Benfica player has felt comfortable with these situations? The pitches have become a priority combat bulwark for the club. How many sportinguistas and goalkeepers played important positions at Benfica? Wouldn’t there be enough benfiquistas to occupy these places?
How was it possible to reach this climate of discord, where people who dare to disagree with the current leadership are soon attacked and their benfiquismo questioned?
I myself am currently banned from going to BTV. Why? Because I am a free man. And benfiquista. And the goodness that I have gives me the courage to be a free man. We want a Benfica that returns to the values that, for decades, were sacred, since the time of Duarte Borges Coutinho.
It is our values that will make us succeed faster. This Benfica is within reach, there are only a few days to go. That nobody misses the call and that on the 30th he goes to the polls to vote for João Noronha Lopes, “António Simões appealed.
