Crespo aide hails ‘Judas’ Rui Costa exit, Torcida: ‘clean-up not over’ | OneFootball

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

Shortly after the official announcement of Rui’s departure, Juan Branda, assistant coach to Hernán Crespo, made a direct post on his social media attacking the former Tricolor executive: “Every Judas, sooner or later, has his time come,” in a loose translation, with the song ‘Recordações,’ by Teixeirinha, playing in the background. See it below:

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

Read the full statement below:

“Goodbye Rui Costa (but who’s paying for the damage).

Nothing to celebrate, but we acknowledge that we finally have some news to ease São Paulo’s turmoil. Those who follow our line of thinking will remember that back in January, we warned about the season of many difficulties we would face.

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 hopes for a year of survival are back on Dorival Júnior.

Rui(n) Costa was just 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 council members.

Council 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 supporter group(s), 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 fans together with the team prevented, and still prevent, 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 cretin. We’re watching, because the clean-up is not over yet.

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