Rui Costa takes a swipe at Vieira, opens up on Benfica’s legal troubles | OneFootball

Rui Costa gave an interview to TVI, in which he openly discussed various internal issues of Benfica. The president of the eagles holds no grudge against the recent statements by Luís Filipe Vieira, but remembers that the former club leader is involved in several legal proceedings.

"Not only do I have a clear conscience, but it is one of the pillars of my mandate. It was to restore the credibility that Benfica had lost. For four years, Benfica had no more problems with justice. If there was something important and well done that I did in this mandate, it was to restore credibility to Benfica", he said.

"I know the work I had to do to avoid what we had in the past. The Benfica, and we can see that we are here, discussing the financial part and the sports part, not the judicial part. That's what makes me proud", added Rui Costa.

When asked whether Vieira harmed Benfica during his time as president of the incarnates, Rui Costa was emphatic: "The processes are still ongoing. We'll see what they will lead to. We hope not. We will wait for what comes from the processes".

The polls point to Noronha Lopes as the favorite to win the elections, but Rui Costa is not worried: "If I didn't have the conviction that I would win... Is Mourinho an electoral asset? Mourinho is not an asset, he is a coach. He was not an electoral triumph, at all. We are in an electoral period and everything serves to judge whatever it is".

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