Fifteen and a half years have passed since the famous tunnel incident, but the episode continues to get people talking. No matter how much time has passed, many questions still arise regarding this episode, which marked the Benfica-Porto 2009/10 match and which led to the disqualification of Hulk and Sapunaru.
The Brazilian party who suffered in the process does not hide the fact that he still does not understand what happened. “We had a game between Benfica and Porto at the Estádio da Luz. There was confusion with all the participants, and who was left behind? For me and Sapunaru. We were disqualified for three months, about 20 games. The confusion in the tunnel, I remember, ended, and Rui Costa arrived, who is still here. To me, he was an amazing player who I’ve always been a fan of. He came and, as the Portuguese say, he… asked me: “Damn… you Hulk, what’s going on?” I said it was a joke: “They are provoking us into trouble”… At that moment the policeman came to write down some things and left. Before this everything was fine. We were suspended indefinitely. So fast? There were 50 people in the chaos and they named two names, it’s funny,” Hulk joked, also questioning the timing of the repeal.
“When I played 18 games, Porto could no longer be champions and could not go to the Champions League next season. Then I was “released.” They said I had to play a maximum of three games. From three to 23. this is absurd. I came to Porto in the 2008/09 season, we won this title and lost the next one, in which I did not even play half of the Portuguese championship tournament,” he said in an interview with Galo TV. “.