Analysis
FC Porto was defeated 2-1 by Gil Vicente, a result that dictated the end of the line for Vítor Bruno. For Pedro Fatela, “the presence of André Villas-Boas in the dressing room, with and without a coach, talking to the squad”, was “a sign of great fragility in the leadership” of Vítor Bruno.
Vítor Bruno is leaving FC Porto, after seven and a half months of football fluctuations in his debut as head coach, a reflection of the instability of the I Liga club, since the presidential transition to André Villas-Boas. For Pedro Fatela, all signs indicated that this situation could actually happen.
“The attitude, the way of being of the FC Porto players, particularly in the game at Chopana and also yesterday, we clearly saw a broken group, a group that is not with the coach, a group that has also had disciplinary problems. And, perhaps, Vítor Bruno also at that moment did not know how to deal with and manage these disciplinary moments in the best way”, considers the SIC commentator.
Ahead now is the difficult task of quickly finding a replacement for Vítor Bruno, a name that could provide solutions within the structure. Pedro Fatela, highlights the financial issues and also the importance of the role of André Villas-Boas, who “has to give space for the coaches to have their leadership, to manage in the best way”.
“We started to understand that this is a difficult group to manage, where there is a lack of talent, but when a president starts to meddle in these issues, sometimes it doesn’t make the coach’s own task any easier either.”
For the SIC commentator, “There is a worrying sign here too for André Villas-Boas, who is now starting in a new role as president. He had a successful career as a coach, but André Villas-Boas cannot continue to be the team’s president-coach.”