“Sergio, let’s stay together, let’s keep winning,” says Pinto da Costa.

During his speech at the handover ceremony of the Portuguese Cup to the FC Porto Museum, Pinto da Costa gave the floor to Sergio Conceição, guaranteeing that they would “carry on together and win”.

“I leave a special word to Sergio Conceição. On the historic day of Porto, which was May 27, when we won the European Cup in 1987, on May 27, a few years later, Sergio Conceição, sitting in the office opposite me, signed the contract by hand without writing anything, will be the coach of FC Porto. Nantes, with whom he had a contract. And from that day on, FC Porto rejuvenated with the soul of a dragon. We created the wave of victory, the blue sea that yesterday, with the pride of all of us, we saw on the Estádio do Jamor. Even the President of the Republic told me at the end that he was very impressed with the spirit of FC Porto. Starting, according to him, with me, with the team, with the coaches and, above all, with the public. This is what I’m proud of,” he began with the words of the dragon president.

“I want everyone at Porto to have a happy life, to be successful and achieve all their goals, but everything has its time. Sergio, we will continue together, we will continue to win, we will still have players who love you and a lot who believe in you, who feel good at Porto and the ten titles you won at Porto “not enough for what you want, what you want, what your son wants,” he added.

“Let’s go to the future today. These three magnificent cups [n.d.r.: Supertaça, Taça da Liga e Taça de Portugal] from the past to yesterday. Today the future begins, and next season we will have to deliver cups to this museum several times. Best wishes to all, big hugs to all. A big recognition for everyone because they often make me a very happy president,” he concluded.