Luís Montenegro calls emergency talks with Porto, Sporting, Benfica | OneFootball

Luís Montenegro intends to raise the atmosphere of tension between the country’s main clubs to the highest level of Government and, in that context, has called the presidents of the big three to an emergency in-person meeting, in which he himself will also be present, accompanied by several prominent members of his cabinet.

The Prime Minister is including in this initiative not only Frederico Varandas and André Villas-Boas, who have been involved in sharp exchanges of accusations throughout the season, as well as their respective clubs, but also Rui Costa, Benfica’s leader. The aim is to create a platform for dialogue in order, in an initial phase, to seek an understanding that helps lower the heated tone with which historic rivalries have been felt on the pitch and, from a medium- and long-term perspective, to find structural solutions for cases of violence associated with football and for the financial sustainability of the country’s clubs.

The date and location of the meeting have not yet been set, but Luís Montenegro wants to move forward with the initiative as soon as possible, ideally even before FC Porto host Sporting in the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final, scheduled for April 22.

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