Pinto da Costa, president of FC Porto, spoke after the Dragons won 1-2 in Luz and revealed what he said to the players in the dressing room.
“I said I was very upset because they only won 2-1,” he referred, not going into the calculations at a time when FC Porto cut Benfica’s deficit to seven points: “You can lose points in every game .now I’m about Santa Clara.”
The leader of Porto was also asked about the superiority of FC Porto in recent years at Estádio da Luz. “It’s our ballroom, as we say. Fortunately, today was just a party in the game. Benfica are having a great season, they have a good team, I hope they take revenge for the unnecessary defeat we suffered against Inter Milan. But today no one had any doubts, the games went the way the opponents let them go, and FC Porto didn’t let the game go the way Benfica wanted,” he said, stating that he was “warmly received” by Luz.
The Colombian Mateus Uribe, in the 45th minute, and the Iranian Taremi, in the 54th, completed the turnaround of the champions, who added the fifth game without defeat, after a goal in goalkeeper Diogo Costa’s own goal, after Gonçalo’s header Ramos , at 10, gave Benfica the advantage.
Despite the defeat, the second in the I Liga, Benfica, who had won the last 10 games and had not lost 12, is still in the lead, with 71 points, seven more than FC Porto, with seven days to go of the season championship.
Source: DN
