João Pinto on cup final v Sporting: “Stones rained down, we ran” | OneFootball

Today, FC Porto is often accused of lacking fair play and wanting to win at all costs.

However, it seems that many have already forgotten episodes from the past. We recall an event led by the legendary captain João Pinto, after FC Porto won the Portuguese Cup against Sporting.

“The image I have as an FC Porto player, and with great significance, is having gone to receive the Cup at Jamor, against Sporting. It was the final match. It demonstrated the determination that FC Porto must have to reach anywhere and win, because if it isn't as strong as we were, it doesn't win. There were some resentful people there. They didn't want us to receive the Cup and stones were raining down from the stands. But I remember we talked down there and three or four of us went up to receive the cup. In the middle of the stands, there was a press area covered with a canopy. Our luck was that it was there because stones started raining down as we were going up. We took refuge there, otherwise, something tragic might have happened. We stayed there for 5 minutes and then ran up. The first person I met who asked me a question was Minister Dr. Ferreira Leite, and I even responded a bit rudely. After this happened, when I got up there, she asked if I was afraid to go up there. And I responded in the Northern way,” he recalled, laughing.

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