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Joaquim Evangelista, president of the Players Union, reacted to the news of the “walk” of the Lourosa squad after the elimination in the Portuguese Cup
Lourosa lost the derby to S. João Ver (1-0), on matchday 1 of the Portuguese Cup and, as a consequence, ended up making the journey home, which is about five kilometers, on foot. The working group decided to come all on foot, as a consequence of the poor performance of today’s game, ”the club president, Hugo Mendes, began by revealing to O GAME.
However, moments later THE GAME learned that not everything would have been as the club president had said. According to O GOGO, together with several sources close to the club, the leader of the Lusitanistas ordered the start-up of the bus and wanted the squad to go with the changing room, in the club’s van, which could transport five athletes at a time. Faced with this scenario, the athletes decided to return to Lourosa on foot.
Faced with this case, Joaquim Evangelista, president of the Players Union reacted: “I have already spoken with the players. Contrary to what the president says, it was not the players who decided to come on foot, it was a presidential and unacceptable attitude. a time when when trying to give credibility to the Portuguese Championship, there are leaders who lend themselves to it, even more so a president of a club who has made a commitment to put the team at a higher level ”, he began by saying.
“At the start of the season, instead of dividing the group, he is dividing it. The call that I make to the president is that he has common sense to speak with the coach and the players and give a signal of unity and not the other way around. what he did was leave the working group to its own devices. This is offensive to the sports country. It’s not just for Lourosa, it’s for the sports country. I strongly condemn this episode and ask the president to do something, “he concluded.
UNION COMMUNICATION
Players union condemns the attitude of the president of Lourosa
Players return home on foot after the Portuguese Cup match
The players’ union condemns what happened this afternoon and considers the attitude of the Lourosa president unacceptable when deciding to do without the bus that would transport the team after the match against São João de Ver, forcing the players to return on foot.
This attitude has no justification and is a lack of respect for the players, personally and professionally. The union does not expect, therefore, another attitude from the president of Lourosa other than the immediate retraction of the squad, due to this unfortunate episode that does not dignify Portuguese football and the Portuguese Cup, at a difficult time to resume in a context pandemic, which must motivate, regardless of the sporting result, unity, solidarity and respect among all ”.
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