Bruno de Carvalho: Vieira is a liar, I led the revolution with Pinto da Costa | OneFootball

Bruno de Carvalho took to social media to deny Luís Filipe Vieira’s statements regarding the choice of leadership for the League of Clubs.

In an interview with CNN this week, the former president of Benfica and candidate in the club’s upcoming elections claimed to have participated, in 2015, in a meeting with Pinto da Costa and other representatives to decide who would assume the presidency of the League of Clubs—a meeting which, according to LF Vieira, did not include Sporting.

“The one who led the revolution in Portuguese football’s League was me and Pinto da Costa. I spoke with the president and told him: ‘President, we need to sit down at the table and resolve the League’s problem once and for all.’ It was me, Mr. Pinto da Costa, António Salvador, and Júlio Mendes, president of Vitória de Guimarães. We went to a hotel in Coimbra. ‘Let’s solve the League’s problem, with one condition: in the League’s governing bodies, there will not be a single director from FC Porto or Benfica. Do you agree? I agree, Luís Filipe,’” began the former Benfica leader, speaking to CNN, assuring that Pinto da Costa asked to be the one to choose the president.

“Luís Duque was chosen and I called because he could make a good president. He didn’t believe what I was saying. ‘You could be the next president of the League,’ we said, and we stuck to that until the end. No one spoke and no one knew about this meeting. António Salvador chose the President of the General Assembly,” recalled LF Vieira, before criticizing Pedro Proença.

“That’s how it worked, until one day Pedro Proença told me he wanted to talk to me and that he was going to run for president of the League, and that he already had the agreement of Pinto da Costa. I doubted it, but all right, I would talk to him later. Unfortunately, I confirmed it. There was a ghost who gave that agreement and turned Pinto da Costa around. From then on, Pedro Proença controlled football,” concluded Luís Filipe Vieira.

Bruno de Carvalho, former president of Sporting, repudiated these statements and, on Instagram, said that Luís Filipe Vieira is lying.

“This man would be a great signing for Benfica. In fact, the conversation between me and Pinto da Costa when Benfica wanted Luís Duque (and FC Porto) was not Proença’s victory! The only reason it wasn’t in person was because I was away with Sporting. This guy lying is Champions League level,” wrote Bruno de Carvalho.

Luís Filipe Vieira, Rui Costa, João Noronha Lopes, João Diogo Manteigas, Cristóvão Carvalho, and Martim Mayer are the candidates for the presidency of Benfica. The elections will take place on October 25, 2025.

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