Villas-Boas on women’s team promotion: “We’re going up to win” | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas expressed his «pride» in the women’s football team’s journey, which ended with promotion to the Primeira Liga, during the ceremony in which the Second Division champions’ trophy was handed over to the club’s museum. The official stressed that the team «has exceeded all expectations» and «made many dreams come true», also highlighting the «growth of the players and the way they gave themselves to the Club body and soul». The Porto president underlined the success of a project launched in a «quick» and «abrupt» way, which in just two years secured promotion and also reached a final at Jamor.

«It is a source of pride to have launched this project in such a quick, abrupt way and with so much success», he said, crediting the merit to «the vision of professor José Manuel (Ferreira), the director of women’s football, and Joana (Oliveira), who is his tireless assistant». For the Dragons’ leader, the team’s journey «seems like a fable, a dream».

The president also recalled symbolic moments, such as the debut at the Estádio do Dragão, where the attendance record was broken, as well as the fans’ constant support. «They were welcomed with open arms», he said, thanking the «Porto membership because they never abandoned them until the Primeira Liga».

Villas-Boas also praised the way the players win over the fans «with their commitment, with their sacrifice, with the way they compete», qualities which, he said, were «plainly evident in the Jamor final». And he left a guarantee for the future: «Proudly we are in the I Liga and we will always go out to win».

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