André Villas Boas returns to his favorite club, FC Porto, with OM on Tuesday.
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André Villas Boas returns to his club, FC Porto, with Olympique de Marseille for the third day of the Champions League.
André Villas Boas aspires to one day become the president of FC Porto.
“My best memory as a coach?
The 5-0 with Porto against Benfica.
It was a crazy game.
I wanted an extra goal because Porto had already won 5-0 at Luz stadium, I was in the stadium stands when I was little.
So I wanted one more goal to have this record for me ”.
At the time of facing FC Porto with Olympique de Marseille for the third day of the Champions League, André Villas Boas does not hesitate to make the eyes soft at his former club.
As in the victory of OM against Bordeaux (3-1), on October 17, when the question of his fondest memory for his 400th match as a professional coach was asked.
His love for FC Porto is no secret, to the point of making him a new career goal.
“I don't want to be a coach for too long, I have established a career plan.
I want to retire at 45.
I also have other ambitions in the world of football, in management, I have big ideas for my club, FC Porto, and I have a small dream one day of becoming president of my club, ”said he at RMC Sport in September 2019.
Socio from birth
Some also see in these praises drawn up by André Villas Boas, elements of a pre-campaign.
But the Portuguese coach does have blue blood.
“My grandmother's husband, whom I consider to be my real grandfather, made me a FC Porto player from my birth.
The two uncles of my English grandmother, Margaret Kendall, were with Nicolau d'Almeida among the founders of FC Porto ”, in 1893, he told AFP.
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A passion that will never leave him, since as a teenager he joined the “Superior Sud, the ultras platform at Das Antas”, the old stadium.
Before approaching, with nerve, Bobby Robson, the coach of Porto, who makes him enter the club.
He became the head coach during the historic 2010/2011 season, punctuated by a historic quadruple: Europa League, champion of Portugal, winner of the cup and the Super Cup.
One of the best seasons in club history
A season of madness which, 10 years later, still marks the supporters.
"His season is one of the best in the history of the club, and in addition to having won everything, the proposed game was spectacular," said Daniel Ribeiro, FC Porto supporter.
“For me with Bielsa he's the best coach I've seen.
I remember at the time he had a philosophy of always playing forward.
He is humble, hardworking, respectful and a big fan of football and his hometown, ”continues Benjamin Darbas, another supporter.
“His story is similar with Mourinho, he recovers the club under reconstruction and breaks the club record in his only season at the club, his game was the same as Barcelona of the same time 4-3-3 based on the titi taka , wear from the front and above all surgical in front of the goal with the humiliation inflicting on our enemy of always Benfica 5-0, what memories!
Jonathan Da Costa recalls.
What makes him the perfect successor to Pinto Da Costa, the almost eternal president of FC Porto reelected for a fifteenth consecutive term last June?
"He is a socio who has the capacity, it would be a good option for FC Porto", declared this summer Pinto da Costa, who was able to benefit from the vote of Villas Boas.
“He is 82 years old, you have to be realistic, it will be very difficult to be a candidate again in 4 years.
During this last election, various candidates appeared, the field is open for new candidatures ”, warns Luis Cristovao, journalist with Eleven Sports.
Vitor Baia, the other legend
But among the possible future candidates, another emblematic figure of the club, who has a definite advantage, could emerge.
“Former goalkeeper Vitor Baia is the current vice-president, that's an advantage.
He is a very serious candidate, ”continues Luis Cristovao.
Villas-Boas voted for the presidential elections of FC Porto.
Soon him as a candidate?
"I don't want to anticipate anything. I said my coaching career would be 15 years, it could end in 2024. We'll see."
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- Nicolas Vilas (@nicolas_vilas) June 6, 2020
Vitor Baia, vice-president since 2007, did not stay only one season, unlike André Villas Boas.
“The downside is his departure after this first year… I think he could make a good president, but I would rather see a legend like Vitor Baia take the head of the club.
The most important thing is to maintain the "mistica", the state of mind of combat and victory because FC Porto is more than a club, it is a region, a mentality, a state of mind, a family », Recalls Dosi Santos, supporter of Porto.
"It won't be easy for him"
But Villas Boas is smart, and he is never forgotten from his club for very long, like his response to the best memory of his career.
Even if that is not enough.
“He is loved, he maintains a pro Porto discourse, he takes every opportunity to proclaim his love for Porto.
Not to mention a word or two of contempt for Benfica.
To win an election, you have to be very present in the life of the club and with the supporters.
You have to know the well-placed people, the forces involved.
It will not be easy for him, I see him rather apply on his behalf and find new people to make his team.
Baia has the ability to already know all that, ”recalls the journalist.
"Villas Boas will be part of the history of the club anyway and he is entitled to his statue at the club museum next to Sir Bobby Robson and José Mourinho de Madjer or Fernando Gomes, Pedroto," says Dosi Santos.
But André Villas Boas is more of a president than a bronze statue.
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