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Pinto da Costa addressed the recent interview with Luís Filipe Vieira, in which the president of Benfica spoke about the severance of relations with FC Porto.
«I did not see the interview with Luís Filipe Vieira, but then they told me certain things and I went to see it two days later. I found this interesting interview on a talk show with a moderator and three guests, representing each club. Curiously, Luís Filipe Vieira appeared as an interviewee on a program that does not have interviews. Not even Benfica TV could take Luís Filipe Vieira to give an interview, because otherwise he would have to take the other candidates. RTP may not have any problem, because it is the Portuguese who pay. But it was important, because, even within Benfica, in the current opposition to the Directorate, they are checking what my struggle is, “he began by saying in an interview with Porto Canal.
“It is not my place to meddle in the Benfica elections, unlike the Benfica president who was a 25-year-old partner at FC Porto, I never had anything to do with Benfica,” he insisted on pointing out, to later explain the cut of relations.
«Luís Filipe Vieira lacked the truth, I just am not saying that he lied because he may have memory lapses, since he is in a difficult period. The meeting you mentioned was me, the president of Benfica, the president of Sporting, that of SC Braga and that of V. Guimarães, it was in Quinta das Lágrimas, in Coimbra, a suitable place for everyone who wanted to cry. It is true that there was talk of a candidate for the League, who was in a chaotic situation, the result of the management of Mário Figueiredo, who had been supported by Benfica. We all realized that it was necessary to change. The name of Luís Duque appears, who meanwhile talks to Luís Filipe Vieira on the phone and then hands me the phone. From then on, there is no treason, because Luís Duque was elected president of the League. He fulfilled his mandate and only at the end of that mandate were there several candidates and that is when the candidacy of Pedro Proença appears. Such a meeting existed, it was not a secret, there was nothing to hide. Luís Duque was elected and elected, then Pedro Proença appeared. I could not have broken relationships for an event that did not happen. When I go to Quinta das Lágrimas, my relationship with Luís Filipe Vieira was already broken. If you have memory lapses, ask her to ask Leonor Pinhão what year it was, she knows it ».
