Luís Filipe Vieira authorized Pinto da Costa to record an interview with Porto Canal in a box at the Estádio da Luz. authorization’ of the former chairman.
«Respecting Vieira’s decision, I wouldn’t accept it. I also wouldn’t ask to do a report about me at Estádio do Dragão or at Estádio Alvalade».
Benfica and FC Porto are adversaries on the field and in the courts – «It is well known, there is nothing to hide here», said the president of the incarnates – and Rui Costa promises to defend «the club intransigently». The same applies to Sporting.
“I’m not going to be demagogic and say we’re friends or not. We are rivals. They will deserve respect from me and Benfica. I will always defend the club», he concluded on the subject.
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