Benfica elections loom: Vieira slams club legend, says he loves money | OneFootball

Last night, Luís Filipe Vieira was the standout figure after giving an interview in which he spoke about various topics. Among them was the unexpected support from Óscar Cardozo for João Noronha Lopes, something that caused a certain strangeness for the Benfica candidate. At a certain point, the former president claimed that the club’s top foreign goalscorer had been ‘bought’ to support one of his electoral opponents.

When questioned during the interview he gave to CMTV, Luís Filipe Vieira considered it ‘absurd’ that the Paraguayan had declared his support for the manager: "Do you think it makes sense for Cardozo to support Noronha Lopes? He doesn’t even know him, he knows Nuno Gomes, but there are things he can’t do, he’s going to be penalized."

Going even further, the former leader – who headed Benfica from 2003 to 2021 – went on to allege that the former number 7 was ‘bought’: "I know Cardozo, Cardozo doesn’t want a position, Cardozo likes money, he doesn’t do anything for free. Of course there are compensations, but I’ll find out."

In the same interview, the candidate was confronted with the results of the polls and made the following clarification about them: "Polls can be well done, but they are well-organized people, like at the general assembly, it’s the same thing. For me, the real poll is on the 25th."

On another note, on the eve of the match with Porto, Vieira shared his opinion about the virus affecting the Eagles: "We already went through this during Covid, Benfica has a strong enough squad to face Porto, to play toe-to-toe with Porto. Benfica is going there to get the 3 points."

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