The former club player won an impressive electoral victory, which resulted in 40,085 members in the Luz ballot box (equivalent to 808,298 votes), surpassing the record set last year. The official results were released after 3:30 pm on Sunday following a recount.
Rui Costa is the new leader of the Benfica universe, with a spectacular victory (84.5%, corresponding to 33,795 votes and 682,841,000 votes) over Francisco Benitez (12.2%, 5043 votes, equivalent to 98,923 votes) in the most controversial election in club history … The former conductor Luz was approved by the overwhelming majority of partners, replacing Luis Filipe Vieira in the Directorate and, in fact, in the SAD team. Empty or zero votes will reach 3.3%.
In 117 years of history, Benfica has never lived a day like this. Long before late at night, when the vote count ended at 3.30 am, after the ballot count was recounted in Luza.
With 25 polling stations scattered across the country, the focus was naturally on Pavilion 2 of the Estádio da Luz, and even before the polling stations opened, it was possible to see the day become historic. It was not yet eight in the morning, and hundreds of people were already lining up, and the script continued for most of the day.
List B rejects Vieira
The day passed with little or no incident, with the exception of a period of heightened tension when the former president voted (see next page). The fact that Luis Filipe Vieira announced his voice (Rui Costa) while still on the premises made List B come up with a statement. “To refute the statements of the ex-president of the Council and yet the partner, stressing that he had just seriously violated Art. 30, No. 2, Regulations on elections ”- you can read it. The article in question states that partners cannot indicate the direction of voting within a radius of 200 meters. Comedian Ricardo Araujo Pereira suggested that he voted for Benitez in the vicinity of the pavilion, and was widely criticized.
resignation and succession
After the resignation of Luis Filipe Vieira from a position he held for 18 years, following his arrest in the red card process, the “vice” Rui Costa took the interim seat of the president and asked for an election in which he found that the movement was a competition. Benfica “. A group of members, led by Francisco Benitez, accused the former 10th club member of turning a blind eye to Vieira’s leadership and presenting himself as an alternative, obstructing a single-run election.
Statements from Otavio, the player of FC Porto, who this Monday received the Golden Dragon as Footballer of the Year.
Speech: “I thought and I didn’t say anything that I thought. It happened by itself, I’m very happy, I was looking for [o prémio] a lot of time. I saw others, I couldn’t leave without winning this prize. Thank God I won and now it’s time to make the most of it.”
Did you tell the President that you want the Golden Dragon? “I never commented, asking for an award was not my style, it was deserved, I was very happy, many could have won. I am very happy”.
Feeling: “This is something to be proud of, this is the best person in the club, everyone wants to win, this will go down in history. It will be kept under lock and key in the museum that I have. It will get worse.” , nothing will come of it, it will be well stored.
Gala: “It’s always great, because of covid-19, the gala concert has not been held for many years. It is always special, everyone wants to be part of the gala concert. Being a dragonado, he is even more special. We did a good job and this is proof.”
Statements by Sergio Conceiçao after receiving the Golden Coach of the Year award at the Golden Dragons Gala
Golden Dragon cost: “I represent many people in this Golden Dragon. The first time I went to Olival with the president in 2017, he named the four essential pillars of FC Porto: rigor, competence, ambition and passion. Looking at it and being with it every day. My players, who don’t usually wear a formal suit as they do today, but the most competitive suit that is required, which is Pepe’s suit, give me great joy when I get up and go to work.”
Technical team and others: “With a super competent technical team, a health department, where there is not only Dr. Nelson Puga and therapists, but also an optometrist, pedologist, a number of people who work daily so that the players do not miss anything. and so that year after year they can get better and win, which is what we want.”
Techniques: “Victory. Not forgetting the people in the kitchen, in the restaurant, the people involved in analysis and observation, the equipment technicians, because today everyone is a technician… [risos]🇧🇷 Lawn techniques too, because I am very picky about the height of the lawn. I think that every detail is important and matters. Finally, a number of people who contribute to making this possible. This is not mine, this belongs to the people of Olival, who are always led by our great, my friend and godfather, the president.”
A family: “Finally, to paraphrase our Gonzalinho [Borges], I want to dedicate it completely to my family, which is not easy, and parents, as always. Not being among us, they will certainly be very proud, not least because they have received two more extremely important people in the life of the club and that together they are up there watching us so that FC Porto becomes bigger , was getting better. , become stronger and win. And let’s keep it up. Is always. Because we deserve it. We are also honest, serious, dedicated and competent workers.”
Portuguese football has reason to rejoice as two more world champions will enter the national stages, the first to win the title as part of the Portuguese team, the only ones on the field yesterday, in Qatar, among 35 players who play in one of the top five leagues in the world, so called big 5.
Enzo Fernandez, 21-year-old midfielder, and Nicolás Otamendi, 34-year-old central defender, played 120 minutes for Argentina. would advance to the Argentine penalty as Montiel quickly put an end to doubts – and represented not only Benfica in the list of clubs of great prestige, but also a league of lesser expression, such as the Portuguese, the only one of the less media and powerful ones that had players in the final.
Neither in the starting lineup (see tables), nor in the 13 options used by the coaches – Montiel (Sevilla), Pezzella (Betis), Acuña (Sevilla), Leandro Paredes (PSG), Lautaro Martinez ( Inter) and Dybala (Roma) entered Argentina, from the French side they were also called Disasi (Monaco), Conate (Liverpool), Fofana (Monaco), Camavinga (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bavaria), Muani (Eintracht) and Thuram (Borussia). M’gladbach) – if they found other players who didn’t play in the leagues of England, Spain, Italy, France or Germany, that’s a clear sign of where the money and power come from to attract great players. Some, like Enzo and Otamendi, are just over the top.ig 5 – if the midfielder was already in vogue among the richest in Europe, followed by Liverpool and Real Madrid, among others, now that he has won the World Cup and the best young player trophy in the competition … – but they shine enough to guarantee yourself a place in the best team in the world.
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