Benfica candidate: Rui Costa’s legacy is Sporting’s double title | OneFootball

The candidate once again criticized Rui Costa's management during a lunch with Benfica supporters in Paredes and recalled Sporting's back-to-back championship.

Luís Filipe Vieira once again criticized Rui Costa's management during a lunch with Benfica supporters in Paredes. The former president of the "encarnados" reacted to his successor's explanation regarding the increase in Benfica's debt over the last four years and claims that the current leader of the "eagles" is responsible for Sporting's back-to-back championship Sporting.

“The impact of Covid-19 occurred in 2019/20 and 2020/21. Only high-level management could achieve what was done at the time. Rui Costa lacks character, blatantly lies to the members to promote his personal image,” Vieira fired, thus contesting Rui Costa's argument that the 100 million euro increase in debt was due to the effects of the pandemic.

The candidate emphasized that the "encarnados" lost competitiveness and the biggest example of this is in the sports results: “Rui Costa's legacy was Sporting's back-to-back championship,” he accused, reinforcing the idea that a profound change is needed at Benfica.

Recently, a Pitagórica survey measured the voting intention of Lisbon residents for the municipal elections, but also evaluated the lifestyle and preferences of Lisbon citizens at various levels, including club affiliation. Sporting is the club of the majority of 'alfacinhas' with 48% of respondents stating they support the Alvalade Club (See HERE).

Currently, the team led by Rui Borges has 19 points and is in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto is in first place with three more points (22). On the other hand, Benfica is in third place with 18 points.

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