The President of the Republic said this Friday that he was informed of the Prime Minister’s stopover in Budapest to watch the Europa League football final between Sevilla and Roma, the Italian team coached by José Mourinho.
“The Prime Minister was going to an international meeting and realized that he should hug José Mourinho,” Marcelo Rebelo de Souza told reporters on the sidelines of the event in Seixal, Setubal.
The Observador newspaper reported this Friday that António Costa made a stopover in Budapest on May 31 on his way to Moldova for the European Political Community summit, but the event was not on the agenda.
According to the same newspaper, the head of the Portuguese government traveled in a Falcon 50 of the Portuguese Air Force and watched the game at the Puskas Arena along with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
In the final, penalties were determined, the Spaniards from Sevilla beat Roma (4:1, after 1:1).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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