Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa died this Saturday, At 87, the victim of cancer. The health of the former president of FC Porto It has deteriorated in the last weeks after a long battle against a prostate cancer.
Augusto Inácio, football coach, recalls Pinto da Costa, who as a “champion”.
“It took over Porto in 1982 when I was elected president and this is when I also enter FC Porto. So we have a growth connection in relation to this club.
Speaking to journalists, Augusto Inácio, who traveled by purpose from Lisbon to FC Porto to honor him, recalls one Talk to Pinto da Costa when he arrived at FC Porto.
“(…) It’s short. Let’s go beyond being champions. He already had the perspective at European level of what FC Porto could be,” he adds.
He says he is with a “Great Pain” for the loss “of the friend”. Remember that you changed a message with Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa at Christmas.
“The word I find to decipher what this man was: Champion,” he adds.
O It takes place since 18:00, in the Church of Antas. O funeral real-se On Monday, at 11:00.
, At 87, the victim of cancer. The health of the former president of FC Porto It has deteriorated in the last weeks after a long battle against a prostate cancer.
He died Less than a year after the club’s defeat against André Villas-Boas.
The last time it appeared in public was in final of Decemberat the Dragon Stadium to watch the Dragons’ victory over the Amadora Star (2-0).
The guests and the “traitors” who didn’t want to their funeral
published last October, the former president of FC Porto He elaborated a list of guests to his funeral. The current direction of the Invicta emblem is not part of the chosen lot.
In one of the passages of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa’s last work, the former leader of the ‘Blue and White’ revealed that, in addition to the elements of the current direction of FC Porto, did not intend to count on the presence of some former athletessuch as Antero Henrique, Hélton, Maniche, Eduardo Luís, André or António Sousa, all of them considered “traitors”.
“I could add more names like Antero Henrique, Raul Costa, Joaquim Oliveira, Tiago Gouveia, Pedro Bragança, but it is not necessary because I am sure they will not have” tin “to go,” it reads.
On the other hand, Pinto da Costa made a point of having on your funeral oother names of the portist universe:
“I would like to have by my side: António Henriques, Pedro Pinho, Quintanilha, Fernando Póvoas, Luís Gonçalves, António Oliveira, Hugo Santos, Sandra Madureira, Fernando Madureira, Caetano and Marcos Poland. “
