Coins stuck in the reception to Sporting

The mayor of Lisbon was stuck during virtually the whole speech he made at the reception of Monday to the two-time national football champion Sporting, who praised for the conquest of Saturday. « You have never lacked attitude, » he said.

« What a pride to be here with you. … You have proved that Sporting is one of the largest institutions in the world. The ‘mister’ Rui Borges, when he came, said, ‘When the inspiration is missing, which is not missing the attitude’, and that’s what you have: attitude, » he said. , quoted by the agency Lusa.

Coins, according to Lusa agency, took a long time to start talking, given the boos of the thousands of ‘leoninos’ fans in the municipality square, and the mayor, otherwise, asked several times to speak unsuccessfully.

At the end of point, he was referred to silence by Leonine songs, preventing the mayor from speaking, and when he resumed the word, he continued to be whistled, continuing the speech over the boos.

Coins stressed « the attitude » as a summary of the time, « even when everything seemed impossible, when doubts multiplied. » « Even then, you never lacked attitude, » he said, addressing the players.

« As someone said, there are no ways of flowers that lead to glory. This team was proof of that. President, are the pride of the city, the country, » said Coins.

On the side of the players, Nuno Santos, one of the spoke before the reception on the local authority, before thousands of supporters in the municipality square, highlighted the “difficult time” crowned, with the support “of the 12th player”, the fans, with the national title.

Nuno Santos recalled that “there is yet another final to win”, in this case of the Portuguese Cup, before rival Benfica, on Sunday, which can mean the seventh double of the green and whites.