Mayor of Vizela contests and admits “creating conditions to prevent SAD itself from entering the stadium” – Vizela

The president of Vizela City Council, Victor Hugo Salgado, urged the SAD sports director, Toni Dovale, to provide explanations about the sporting moment. After the 4-0 home defeat against Casa Pia, the mayor classified what is happening at the club as “unacceptable”. And he went further in his statements. “Vizela has to take a position on this. I think this is so clear and objective, there have already been so many implicit decisions on this matter, that no one can really understand. SAD is criticized, the coach is criticized and there is a person who is deciding all this, who is a certain Toni Dovale, who I don’t know, I can’t understand who he is. Nobody knows him, nor sees his face, but he is deciding the future of Vizela and of all of us who we are partners”, said Victor Hugo Salgado, quoted by Rádio Vizela. The mayor challenged Toni Dovale to “take responsibility for these results”, noting that Vizela has “people who love their club and their land and if it continues like this, we will have to take positions on this”. On the 12th, the people of Vizelense will meet in a general assembly, which, Victor Hugo Salgado also assured, will be important. “I will be present and if it is necessary to create conditions to prevent SAD itself from entering the stadium, I will be here alongside the fans.” “There is a person above Joaquim Ribeiro, who is the Sports Director and makes all the decisions, who is Toni Dovale and who does not appear. We have to take a position on this and demand who is responsible for all this, who is the responsible for us losing 4-0 to Casa Pia”, he added, before finishing. “Maintenance is important for Vizela, for the city it is important for all Vizela residents. Vizela became independent in a struggle lasting many years and it makes no sense for us to be here suffering for someone we don’t even know. Let us show our face and assume our your responsibility.”

Also according to Rádio Vizela, Vizela’s management, specifically the club’s president, Eduardo Guimarães, have not attended the games as a form of protest against Toni Dovale.