In another episode of Ironias do Destino, from Porto Canal, Pinto da Costa, president of FC Porto, explained the reasons that led him to get rid of Nuno Espírito Santo after only one season (2016/17) on the Dragão bench.
“After two years, Lopetegui had not won a title. There was a lot of controversy and there was not a perfect empathy between the coach, the players and the public. We have decided to interrupt your stay as a coach. It was a transition period and our option was for José Peseiro, who was even abroad, but unfortunately for us and for him it was not successful, despite the fact that he was present in a final of the Portuguese Cup, which we lost to him. SC Braga. . . Faced with the failure of his step, we ended the agreement and Nuno Espírito Santo came, ”he continued.
“Nuno turned out to be a good coach, he identified with the club, he had been our athlete, but unfortunately he did not succeed, mainly because of what was happening at that time in terms of refereeing. It was the famous era of priests, she became known for the emails they exchanged and because they treated each other like priests. Faced with this situation, he did not succeed and at the end of the contract he decided to go to England ”, declared the president of the Dragons. referring to the famous Benfica emails.
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