“Euro2004 was the best ever, now we want to have the best World”

ANDthis was the word chosen by António Laranjo to express the feeling that the competition organized jointly by Portugal, Spain and Morocco leave to participants, fans and other visitors.

The 1,351 days of the start of the World Cup2030, the head of the Portuguese Football Federation (PFF), which performed the same functions in Euro2004, points to a “excellent organization, a top organization”.

“ Since Euro2004, it has been recognized as the best Ever-old European, and what we are willing to do now is to have the best World Cup ever”, said Orange, admitting that “very little time is left”.

Recognizing that the “sports sport is very well handed over to Jorge Jesus”, the responsible admitted that the organization will move to a background, after the competition, only in a situation: “More than those compliments, what we wanted to hear was that Portugal is champion”.

“ But what we want [in organizational terms] is another thing, for cities to be better prepared, for people to live the event in the best possible way, within stadiums, in cities, in transport, in everything. This is what we want as a legacy of the World", explained Orange.

After the “pleasant surprises” in the tripartite candidacy, the federative responsible did not hide the ambition: “Portugal must show the world, and also Spain and Morocco, that we organize better than they”.

The Secretary of State for Sport, Pedro Dias, shared the ambition of Laranjo, intending that each visitor have in Portugal “the best experience of his life”, while Lídia Dias, of the Tourism of Portugal, also hopes that the stays of the fans will extend beyond the dates of the game.

Also present in the panel dedicated to the World Cup2030 in Portugal, TAP’s executive president, Luís Rodrigues, recalled that the impact of the competition will “depend a lot on the draw”, among the 48 participating teams, many of them without routes from the Portuguese airline.

The second edition of Portugal Football Summit ended today, with the participation of 250 speakers, before, according to FPF, about two thousand participants.