Rui Costa, with the national team jersey, in a game against Italy, in 1993
The day one more Champions From roller hockey came to Portugal, Rui Tavares (Livre leader) made a curious revelation about his club president: “Rui Costa’s great passion was roller hockey and not football.”
The Roller Hockey Champions League came this Sunday for Portugal for the 11th time (and for the third consecutive year). 34 years later, he returned to the force of Knitadas do .
Portugal is one of the most glorious countries and with the most tradition in this sport – of which Rui Tavares is a fan.
This Sunday, shortly after the Portuguese conquest was released an episode of the podcast, from Guilherme Geirinhaswhose interviewee was the free spokesman.
Interestingly, far from knowing another Portuguese achievement in the sport (since the episode was recorded more than a month ago), one of the themes of the show was roller hockey.
Rui Tavares spoke of his esteem for sport. He spoke of the happiness that gives him a child who practices the sport. And made an amazing revelation: he assured that “Rui Costa’s great passion was roller hockey and not football”.
“Rui Costa, at one point, Playing hockey in skates and football“, Said the political leader, who explained the esteem that the Portuguese have for the sport.
“What Rui Costa?!”, Replied Guilherme Geirinhas, with amazement. “Rui Costa, who is now president of Benfica,” explained Tavares. “Played hockey?!”, Strange the humorist.
And that’s when the historian came into action: “I guarantee you yeswill see that. Rui Costa’s great passion was roller hockey, not football. ”
Rui Tavares also theorized that Quality for football old number 10 of the National Team and Benfica could come from hockey.
“There are certain things from Rui Costa, as a soccer player, like the Precision of the long pass, which are very typical things of roller hockey players. Because the Hozers have that ball that size and can make a pass from side to side of the completely accurate ring for the stick of the teammate. And, perhaps, the quality is from there, ”he said.
Suddenly, displaying an above -average (and perhaps unexpected) knowledge in the sport, Rui Tavares said his namesake was not a unique case. ”Rui Costa is not a unique case. Five violins, Sporting had the belt Jesus who was a footballer and hole“.
The free spokesman had begun to explain why hockey fascinates him in particular: “People are taking care of roller hockey, because it is a tradition in four countries and the staff do not want to lose. There is a kind of priesthood with that, People take care and love roller hockey“.
“I could have been the best sticker footballer of the Arrifana”
Retracting a little in the interview, Rui Tavares revealed that he had another fascination when he was younger.
Unlike hockey, which never practiced, Tavares said that played football when I was a child; and even made a Benfica Capture Training.
“I touched the ball twice (…) the first time I took the ball and did a competent pass… all the porreiro, it was all going well. Then there was another move where the ball in front of me, in the corner of the area… I saw my great opportunity. kick came out wrapped“He recalled.
“I could have been the best raw footballer of the Arrifana,” he joked later.
