Africa-Press – Cape verde. The mayor of Santa Catarina do Fogo, Alberto Nunes, said this Sunday that Botafogo are champions of the island, “and not of São Filipe”, and that therefore they will be able to play the national in any stadium or field on the island.
The same reacted thus to some positions that the local stadium of Monte Pelado, does not have the conditions to host Cape Verde championship games, as it does not have a press booth.
“We all have to understand that Botafogo is champion of the island and not of São Filipe and its ‘home’ is any of the municipalities on the island, Mosteiros, Santa Catarina and São Filipe, because it represents the island”, he argued, for whom it is necessary to separate what is municipal from what is on the island of Fogo.
In this context, and as an example, he indicated that if Desportivo de Cova Figueira, which is from his municipality, plays against Botafogo, he will support Desportivo, but everyone must support and support the champion team to represent and defend the island with dignity. .
Conditions
According to the same source, the São Lourenço field, apparently, does not have a regulatory dimension and has other constraints in terms of changing rooms and Francisco José Rodrigues (Mosteiros) has some problems with the grass.
It is recalled that the Monte Pelado Stadium, in the municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo, has a capacity for 1,200 people and usually “a large number of people” go to the stadium to watch football matches, said the mayor.
He pointed out that the stadium has “some limitations”, namely the press booth, but recalled that the 5 de Julho Stadium never had a press booth and that it was always improvised.
“The Municipal Stadium of Santa Catarina is in better condition to host the games at the moment and allow the champion team to represent the island with dignity”, defended Alberto Nunes, for whom one should not do without a stadium with conditions, to play in another space. without conditions “just for the sake of parochialism”.
“Regardless of where the Botafogo team will play, the municipality of Santa Catarina, within its possibilities, will collaborate with Botafogo to represent the island at the highest level in the national championship”, he assured.
It should be noted that with the demolition of the 5 de Julho Stadium for its reconstruction, the games of the first and second tier regional championships were held in the São Lourenço field (São Filipe) and in the Monte Pelado (Santa Catarina) and Francisco José Rodrigues stadiums. (Monasteries).
With Botafogo, a team from São Filipe, winning the title, many people questioned whether Cape Verde’s championship games should be held on the São Lourenço field, which for many does not have a regulatory dimension, or in the Monte Pelado and Francisco stadiums. Jose Rodrigues.
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