Historic moment for her Porto. After 42 years in the presidency, Mr Pinto da Costa is a thing of the pastas he was crushed in the election by Andre Villas-Boas. The 46-year-old former coach of the team received the impressive 80.28% in the elections leaving far behind the historical president of the “dragons”, who collected only 19.86%.
“Porto is free again! I am very happy for this opportunity and I hope to meet the demands of the teammates, which is to win titles and the club to be self-sufficient. I want to thank Pinto da Costa for what he has given to Porto for a lifetime and to guarantee him that this club will be his home forever. We have a difficult task ahead of us, I will work hard to renovate, clean and organize our home“, Andre Villas Boas said visibly moved in the statements he made while wearing the team’s shirt.
The change in the team’s presidency may also change the facts for him Sergio Conceição, who had agreed to continue with Pinto da Costa. “I don’t have a replacement, at least not now. We have a lot of things to sort out, but for now the priority is Sunday’s derby with Sporting and the Portuguese Cup final after that.“, he said.
One of the issues that will concern the new management of Porto is that of David Carmo, who is on loan at Olympiakos.
Source: Sport Fm
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