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Rui Costa's whining continues! The President spoke to Benfica members and once again took a jab at Sporting

Rui Costa took another jab at Sporting. The president of Benfica mentioned the losses in the Portugal League and Portugal Cup last year, which were won by Sporting Club. In this way, the top official of the Reds gives new evidence that losing the two main objectives of the season to his direct rival still sticks in his throat.

“We were also in the running for the Championship and the Portugal Cup until the end, which, for known reasons, slipped away from us and we knew how to draw the appropriate conclusions and consequences from what happened,” stated the leader of the emblem of Light, in the Report and Accounts to Benfica members.

The defeat of Benfica in the last edition of the Portugal League continues to hurt the fans, members, and red officials. The Light club contested the championship until the last round, but the competition was indeed won by Sporting, who clinched the bi-championship with two more points than their rival.

It was not only the bi-championship of Sporting Club that hurt Benfica's feelings. The lions also beat the eagles in the final of the Portugal Cup by 3-1, after the reds were winning until the last minute of stoppage time. In this way, the team of Rui Borges also secured the double in the 2024/25 season.

Benfica only defeated Sporting at the beginning of this new season, when they beat the lions by 1-0, in a match for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Despite Rui Costa's strong words against his great rival, the president of the eagles sat next to Frederico Varandas in the presidential box of the Algarve Stadium.

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