Lusitania: Benfica pays Porto club debts – Portuguese Cup

It can be said that after 59 years, Benfica will pay Porto’s debts. like? The Dragons were going to play against Lusitania in the 1963/64 Portuguese Cup semi-final until something unusual happened. Artur Andre, now 84, was one of the Azzurri’s stars and told us everything that happened. “On Friday, we learned that a cargo trailer broke away and collided with the plane on which the Porto de São Miguel team was to follow to Terceira. Of course the plane did not leave… FC Porto will go the next day, but the equipment has to go by boat. Although we We arrived in time for the match, as we played on Sunday, but they did not agree to travel. “They did not want to play,” recalls the former footballer.

However, it was later agreed that these teams would face each other in a special match in Terceira, with all proceeds going to Lusitania. That meeting… never happened.

It can be said that after 59 years, Benfica will pay Porto’s debts. like? The Dragons were going to play against Lusitania in the 1963/64 Portuguese Cup semi-final until something unusual happened. Arthur Andre…