Prime Minister Luís Montenegro underlines the “personality was strong” by Pinto da Costa, who “left no one indifferent.”
The Prime Minister recalled this Monday, Pinto da Costa as “someone who has practically dedicated his life to a work to promote sports, promoting a community, which is a reference in the country, in Europe and the world, At the level of all modalities and all trading levels, promoting sports and also promotion of excellence. “
Upon arrival at the Antas Church, where the former leader’s funeral, Luís Montenegro, said that, these days, the FC Porto “is known worldwide because it is a factory of campaign and sports values”, thanks to leadership “very strong and loud” From Pinto da Costa.
“He was a man who worked to value the city of Porto, to value the northern region, with a marked barbarism, often binding his positions well. It means that his personality was strong, he left no one indifferent. He was a cultured man , that here or there created some friction. “
The Prime Minister says that, regardless of the club preferences that Portuguese society may have, “the truth is that and a general form everyone respects him, all respect his performance and his walk. And today, in the name of the government From Portugal, I can say that it is with examples of personalities like this we can capture in our society good athletes, good coaches and good leaders. ”
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, the world’s most titled president and the longest in the lead of a soccer club, cancer victim. The funeral takes place this Monday in the city of Porto.
