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Regrouping Porto still lead title race

August 9, 2011
By Andy Brassell
(Archive)
After the punishment exacted upon Benfica by Porto in the closing weeks of last season, the unexpected departure of the northerners' increasingly iconic coach Andre Villas-Boas must have seemed like the answer to Encarnado prayers.



The relief didn't last long. As Villas-Boas' departure sent shockwaves through Porto fans - the son of the city had vehemently insisted he would stay at the Dragao for a crack at the Champions League - president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa moved ...

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