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Reuters
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Former Porto president Pinto da Costa dies aged 87
Feb 15 (Reuters) - Former FC Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who led the Portuguese club during their most successful period, died aged 87 on Saturday. Pinto da Costa took charge of Porto in 1982 and led them to 69 titles including two Champions League trophies in his 42-year tenure at the Portuguese club. In the 89 years prior to Pinto da Costa's presidency, Porto had won only 16 trophies, three of three of those with him as the head of the football department. "The departure of the President of Presidents leaves Futebol Clube do Porto orphaned of its greatest figure, the main organiser of great victories and the person most responsible for building an unmistakable identity and legacy. Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa will live on forever in the memory and hearts of all Porto fans," Porto said in an statement. "Between 23 April 1982 and 7 May 2024, the biggest club in the North became the best club in Portugal and grew from local and regional to European and world level. "Without ever forgetting its roots, FC Porto grew with the city and the city grew with FC Porto. The club has more than 131 years of history, but there is a before and after Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. "Since then everything has changed. Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa transformed FC Porto the Portuguese club with the most official titles by lifting 23 championships, 22 Super Cups, 15 Portuguese Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, a European Champion Clubs' Cup, Champions League, a UEFA Cup and a Europa League, a European Super Cup and a League Cup." His tenure ended in April 2024 when former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas was elected president and hailed the influence of his predecessor. "I would like to thank him for everything he has given to Porto, for the life he has given to Porto, and I would like to assure him that this is and always will be his home," Villas-Boas said after the election.
Reuters
06-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
New signings have brought Milan closer to Conceicao's brand
Feb 6 (Reuters) - AC Milan coach Sergio Conceicao said new signings Joao Felix, Santiago Gimenez and Kyle Walker are already allowing him to implement his preferred style of football. January transfer deadline day signings Felix and Gimenez came off the bench and combined for Milan's third goal in Wednesday's 3-1 Coppa Italia win over AS Roma, while defender Walker started the quarter-final tie. Asked after the game if he saw in Milan a resemblance to the Porto side with whom he won three championships, four Portuguese Cups, a League Cup, and three Super Cups, Conceicao told broadcaster Mediaset: "I don't see the similarities with Porto yet. "But we are working to be more compact, more aggressive, not allow the opponents to get into our final third so often. "We're not there yet, but with the players who arrived in the transfer window, their characteristics give me the comfort to go towards the football I like, including with two strikers and the right balance not just to score goals, but also not concede them." Conceicao, who took charge of Milan in December, said he was pleased at how quickly his players had learned the workings of his gameplan. "We are trying to pass on to the team what we want, but we had just one training session to prepare for this game and I do not have the luxury of working on the game's details in training because we play every three days," the Portuguese manager said. "Nonetheless, the players accept what we want, they are intelligent and I am happy today, especially as the second goal came from recovering the ball quickly in midfield. That was something we worked on, so I am pleased. "Joao and Santiago also only had one training session, but understood immediately, confirming their intelligence." Milan, eighth in the Serie A standings, travel to 16th-placed Empoli on Saturday.
