Pinto da Costa: «Luís Filipe Vieira and I will never get along» – FC Porto

The rivalry between FC Porto and Benfica was an important topic of the interview and in which Pinto da Costa drew a clear separation between institutional relations and the men who run each of the clubs.

“When it comes to the interests of football and clubs, we have to have a relationship. Apart from that, I have no relationship with the president of Benfica. There is simply no personal relationship, between institutions it has to be normal. The legal sectors have meetings; also the commercial part of the clubs; handle matters together. Do not confuse the institutions with Pinto da Costa and Luís Filipe Vieira, they do not pass. They will not even happen, that is a closed issue, “said Pinto da Costa, who, regarding the electoral process in the red, commented that” Luís Filipe Vieira seems to have chosen the candidates “and criticized the candidate Noronha Lopes.

On the much publicized support, meanwhile, retired, of António Costa for Luís Filipe Vieira’s candidacy, he was surprised. “I was surprised that the Prime Minister supported an individual who, according to the news, owes millions to a bank that ends up in the pockets of all Portuguese. I don’t go into processes that were not even tested and therefore there is no such thing for me ”.

Fantastic Fernando Gomes

Regarding other figures in our football, Pinto da Costa reiterated that Pedro Proença “has been doing a good job” in the Portuguese League and praised Fernando Gomes, leader of the FPF: “When he put the possibility of going to Liga, already bodes well for him. At FPF I think it has been fantastic. Of course, directing an FPF does not have the financial problems of the League, but it also goes through the merits of him and his team ”.