Open war between Rui Costa, Frederico Varandas and André Villas-Boas | OneFootball

The start of the current season in Portugal is not being marked by the football played on the field, but rather by the backstage maneuvers where the big three have loudly protested against the refereeing. According to reports, the press did not miss the opportunity and summarized everything that happened between Rui Costa, Frederico Varandas, and André Villas-Boas, presidents of Benfica, Sporting, and Porto respectively.

The situation escalated after the Eagles' leader claimed that the rival from the 2nd circular had influence over refereeing in Portugal. Such an accusation prompted a response from the green and white counterpart, who quickly pointed out that both the president of the FPF and Liga Portugal 'are Benfiquistas', as Ricardo Jorge Costa wrote in the newspaper A Bola.

He left several criticisms of the Lisbon rivals while attending the Portugal Football Globes. Among the accusations, Villas-Boas announced that the Dragons will file a complaint against Pavlidis, however, Benfica is not far behind on this matter either.

However, besides Rui Costa, Frederico Varandas also did not escape the less friendly words from the president of the Invicta club. André Villas-Boas claimed that the leader of the Alvalade club allegedly met with Pedro Proença for a 'club mapping' of the FPF's social bodies.

Nevertheless, the rivals' responses were swift. Still, on October 8th, Benfica posted on social media a video showing all the incidents of the Classic where Porto players were not sanctioned by the refereeing. Meanwhile, Sporting will file a complaint with the CD for the alleged attack on Varandas' honor and the reputation of the Leonine SAD.

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