In Vilar de Perdizes, a town in the municipality of Montalegre, there is little hope that the local club will be able to defeat FC Porto, this Friday night, on the third day of the tournament Portuguese Cup.
The match will be played at the Estádio Municipal de Chaves, as the Estádio da Lage, in Vilar de Perdizes, cannot host it, which will probably leave some fans at home. Despite this, they will encourage him from a distance, since he believes that on the field anything is possible.
Manuel Carrelo is linked to the founding of the Grupo Desportivo do Vila de Perdizes, in 1976. Today he is just a fan and is convinced that, “from a sporting point of view”, Playing with FC Porto “is already a victory”. As for the result, he expects his team to win, despite considering it a “very high expectations”However, since the ball is round and it is 11 against 11,”everything is possible”.
His compatriot José Calisto really has no hope. “Vilar plays for Porto or Benfica, or any of the big ones… there are no possibilities.” For his part, Emílio Dias feels proud of Vilar de Perdizes’ journey, despite being a Dragão fan, but recognizes that “there is no possibility” of the team passing to the next phase of the Portuguese Cup.
While the locals watched the days go by without major worries, the president of the Vilar de Perdizes Sports Group he has not had hands to measure. Márcio Rodrigues is a computer technician in a company in Chaves, but in the last 15 days the tasks have been different handling all logistics: “Equipment, scarves, tickets… everything involved in organizing this match.” “There are many people who say that these days are fantastic, full of joy, but I I don’t know what it’s like to live more than two weeks.”he highlights.
Vilar de Perdizes – FC do Porto is a kind of David against Goliath in every aspect. The town has just over 400 inhabitants, but the club manages to have more than 200 federated athletes from various parts of the municipality of Montalegre. It has a budget of 220 thousand euros, of which 158 thousand come from the Montalegre City Council.
Source: TSF
