Vitor Pereira to resign if FC Porto loses against Shakhtar Donetsk – Primeira Liga News
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Costa-c9458, that if he loses, he will tender his resignation.
This summer when Vitor Pereira took over the hot seat at Estadio do Dragao, the tactician faced one of the biggest challenges in his career. The Portistas had won every competition they had entered the previous term and were riding high with confidence.
However their mood was dampened by the sudden loss of their visionary coach, Andre Villas-Boas, who parted ways with the club in favour of greener pastures in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, also left the club
and signed for Atletico Madrid.
Pereira faced an ominous task of replicating Villas-Boas’ feats at the helm and had to do without Falcao, who had shared the majority of the goal-scoring burden alongside fellow South American, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436.
The duo scored an amazing tally of 39 and 36 goals each and were the main reason why the trophy cabinet at the club was bulging with silverware. But this term, everything has gone wrong for the Portuguese champions.
Playing in the UEFA Champions League was expected to be learning experience for the Dragons; however they have been ripped apart by Zenit St. Petersburg, while the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk and APOEL have also been able to sneak points against them.
Their role as the top team in the league has also been usurped by their arch-rivals, Benfica, something which has stirred the anger of the club hierarchy.
With FC Porto likely to lose their status as the best club in the land, president Pinto da Costa has struck a gentlemen’s agreement with Vitor Pereira, which says that he will resign from his post, if his team fails to beat Shakhtar Donetsk.
The club were able to overcome the Ukrainian side at home, but they face an arduous task at the Donbass Arena. While a victory would secure Pereira’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, anything other than that would result in an immediate sacking for him.
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