Vieira points to Sporting to explain Rui Costa’s failures at Benfica | OneFootball

Luís Filipe Vieira was at the Benfica house in Paredes this Sunday, October 12, where he sought to convince the dozens of fans present that he is the right candidate to once again assume the presidency of the club from Luz. The former Eagles leader did not spare criticism of Rui Costa, stating that the legacy of the current top official of the Reds “was Sporting’s back-to-back championship” Sporting.

“The impact of Covid-19 occurred in 2019/20 and 2020/21. Only top-level management could have achieved what was done at the time. Rui Costa has no character, he blatantly lies to the members to promote his personal image,” fired Vieira, thus contesting Rui Costa’s argument that the 100-million-euro increase in liabilities was due to the effects of the pandemic.

The candidate underlined that the Reds have lost competitiveness and the greatest example of this is in the sporting results: “Rui Costa’s legacy was Sporting’s back-to-back championship,” he alleged, reinforcing the idea that a profound change is needed at Benfica.

Recently, a Pitagórica poll measured the voting intentions of Lisbon residents for the municipal elections, but it also assessed the lifestyle and preferences of Lisbon’s 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).

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