“Victoria SC needs stability and that takes some time”

“ ANDi think we have worked very well every day, we have done enough to have a better rating than we have today. If the ball is not coming in, we have to work harder”, said Rui Rodrigues, in statements to journalists, in the margins of the Portugal Football Summit conference in Oeiras.

Rui Rodrigues was elected president of the minhotos on 13 June last, for a mandate until 2029, recognizing that there was little time to form the team team, which, after seven days, occupies the modest 14th place, with five points.

The leader defended the technician, 37 years old, who reached the minhotos from the National, recommending the work developed until the present interruption of the championships for the selection games.

“ I don't think there are any new ideas. The ‘mister’ has his and is the one that has been implemented since the beginning of the season. For us, the most important thing at this stop – also for the timings to constitute the squad, considering that we also entered almost at the beginning of July and some players who arrived later – is that it will help in integration, in preparation and I think the team will return stronger”, he said.

Only one win and two draws in the first seven matches in the I League do not shake the new president of the club.

“ The statistics show that we have been well, of course missing completion. We believe in our process. Victoria is a club that needs stability, needs consistency and, for that, time is needed. We cannot live in making decisions for the moment, because otherwise we will never have this stability again, we will never have this consistency”, he said.

Elected president just over three months ago, after three years in the administration of the Victorians, Rui Rodrigues recognizes that stability has also been lacking in the tonsils.

“ I too am adept and, as such, like everyone else, I also feel frustration. I am the fourth president of Victoria in seven years, which means that this instability does not work and it is normal, we all manage to realize this”, he recognized.

The Victorian leader refused to forget the present, without focusing only “at the moment”, to defend his project.

“ We have to change the paradigm, we have to be different from what's been our recent past and it's the only way we'll ever be a great club again. We are a great club, but we need to be a club that fights for what our scrolls are, what our dreams are. And we Victorians dream and believe that things may be possible”, he said.

Rui Rodrigues succeeded António Miguel Cardoso, who had resigned in April from the club's leadership since 2022, by winning the electoral act last June by two votes of difference on Viriato Sampaio.

The Portugal Football Summit conference takes place until Friday in Oeiras.