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President of FC Porto was a guest on SIC’s Alta Definição program
Pinto da Costa recently celebrated 42 years as president of FC Porto and with the presidential elections of April 27 approaching, he was interviewed by Daniel Oliveira for the Alta Definição program, where he made a point, among other topics, of describing what He is a Porto player.
«He is a player who feels the shirt, feels the city, feels the region. It’s not a fight against Lisbon, it’s against Lisbon’s centralism.”
Pinto da Costa then showed calm in his approach to the FC Porto elections, where he faces competition from André Villas-Boas, Nuno Lobo and an independent movement led by Miguel Brás da Cunha.
List A submitted all the names proposed for the governing bodies this Wednesday; Fernando Gomes and Adelino Caldeira are already part of the past
«I see the elections… as João Pinto said, predictions only at the end. I am aware of the work I did. I applied when I shouldn’t have, so I could be with my grandchildren and my families, but I applied because I saw that the club could find itself in a dead end with what I was seeing from the other application. Now, if the partners forget these 42 years and do not want to see the projects we have already presented, the decision and the consequences will be theirs. Anyone who recognizes my work and has confidence in what I want to do will vote for me, anyone who wants to forget the past will not vote.”
Measures made known by the ‘Todos Pelo Porto’ list refer to academia, training and ‘scouting’
Speaking about his death, Pinto da Costa revealed a wish for his funeral: «I don’t want black ties or mourning, I want people with blue ties in honor of FC Porto.
Finally, this was the leader’s answer to the well-known question “What do your eyes say?”: «My eyes are tired of looking at the hope that one day there will be peace in the world and that one day there will no longer be people sleeping in the streets. streets of Porto.”