Pinto da Costa reveals new details about Artur Jorge’s first-half lecture in the Vienna-Porto final

Bento da Costa revealed new details about the final match in Vienna, where FC Porto defeated Bayern Munich, 2-1, to become European champions for the first time in history, in 1987. At the end of the first half, the Dragons lost 1-0 and all. The workers behind this achievement highlighted Artur Jorge’s speech as a major factor in changing the result, during the second half, with two goals from Madjer and Jawari. It is now known that, there too, there was a hand in the Porto chief. “I won’t give out the name, but when we went to Vienna, there was a player who went to the sauna in the morning. And Artur Georg said:“ This guy won’t play anymore. The sauna is good for you. We’re here to be champions, we come armed like little lambs to be slaughtered, but we’re going for the win. We won’t spoil the day. Our big goal is because of the sauna. Either we are European champions today, or we never will be again. We will not only be in the history of FC Porto, we will be in the history of football, because a team from a small town, without resources, to be European champions against a monster like Bayern Munich was and still is, will leave us in history, “said the president of FC Porto, in an interview with Rui Cerqueira, in a special edition of “Vencedores como Semper”, on Canal Porto, entitled “Homens do President”.

Bento da Costa continued: “Artur George told me he was right, and at that moment I felt that he was convinced that we were going to win. I think what he said in the first half was the result of his conviction, because he said to the players ‘It’s today or not again, let’s go down in history’.” He got the players excited. The last part of the match was really for those crazy in a good way to win the victory, as we did,” the chief elaborated.