Crespo aide cheers 'Judas' Rui Costa exit, Independente warn 'more to go' | OneFootball

The dismissal of São Paulo football executive Rui Costa, who had been in the role since 2021, stirred up the club this Saturday (20), with provocative reactions and a message from Torcida Independente, the main organized supporters’ group of Tricolor.

Shortly after the official announcement of Rui’s departure, Juan Branda, Hernán Crespo’s assistant coach, made a direct post on his social media attacking the former São Paulo official: “Every Judas, sooner or later, gets what’s coming to him,” in free translation, with the song ‘Recordações,’ by Teixeirinha, playing in the background. Check it out:

Torcida Independente also spoke out on two social media platforms after Rui Costa’s dismissal, warning that there are still many people left to leave São Paulo, but celebrating ‘one less creep’ at the club.

Read the full statement below:

“Goodbye Rui Costa (but who pays for the damage).

Nothing to celebrate, but we recognize that we finally have some news to ease São Paulo’s turmoil. Anyone who follows our line of thinking will remember that back in January we warned about the very difficult season we would have.

We tried to keep Crespo, but it didn’t happen. If they had listened to the fans months ago, but internal ego prevailed. Roger Machado was thrown under the bus, and now all the hopes for a year of survival are back on Dorival Júnior.

Rui(m) Costa was yet another metastasis of the cancer that is internal politics being placed above São Paulo. Other directors fell before him, others will fall in the future if SPFC does not revolutionize its management. Give more voice to the people, be more democratic. The ones in charge are more than 20 million São Paulo fans, not 260 board members.

Board members who are already campaigning. Election parties while the club has no money for signings. It’s one disgrace after another. They complain about the organized supporters’ groups, but the truth is only one: change has to come from the inside out. There’s no other way. The only certainty is that only the supporters together with the team prevented, and still prevent, the tragedy from happening.

We are pressured to support SPFC through good times and bad. The question is: if we didn’t support it, what fate would the club have? Other than that, get lost Rui Costa. One less creep. We’re watching, because the cleanup is not over yet.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.