In an interview with Porto Canal, Pinto da Costa spoke about his relationship with rival clubs, namely Rui Costa, president of Benfica. The Porto leader says he has always had a good relationship with his red colleague and has been critical of the ‘club champions’ who ‘do not agree that two presidents who have known each other for many years’ can greet each other . “I have great relationships with people from both clubs. Benfica had just arrived to play the final match of roller hockey in our pavilion, and before we began to fraternize, I invited the directors to go into the booth, and they preferred to stay downstairs. The case of Rui Costa. I always had a good relationship with him, even when there were wars with Luis Filipe Vieira. We always greeted each other, whether it was Lush or Dragao. Is always. Rui Costa arrived in Porto, he was already sitting and came to me to greet me. In the second game, when Dragao played two games in a row with Benfica, when I entered he was already sitting and I went to his place to greet him. This caused a lot of criticism of Rui Costa Club champions do not accept the fact that two presidents who have known each other for many years and fought a war that led to the fact that when we went to play in Luz, Rui Costa did not say hello to me and even didn’t look at me, have nothing against me, but know that and greeted me, was going to get hit because he greeted me. Then there are other cases that go as far as insults, but this does not offend me at all. It’s a question of education, which some have and others don’t. It doesn’t affect me at all. Between the three clubs there are working groups with high-level personnel who understand each other perfectly and cooperate in the affairs of the League. That’s what’s important. The rest doesn’t matter to me. I was sad if I came home and my dog didn’t say hello to me.”
