They never tire of Sporting! Benfica candidate takes aim at Varandas again | OneFootball

Sporting was once again used as an argument by João Noronha Lopes to attack Rui Costa. The two men connected to the red emblem are the final candidates in the elections for the Presidency of Benfica, with voting taking place next Sunday.

The Benfica candidate gave an interview just a few hours after the debate with Rui Costa, regarding the club’s upcoming elections. At one point, he was asked whether the current president was “in the pocket” of Frederico Varandas and Sporting, as André Villas-Boas recently claimed.

“Villas-Boas should mind his own business and not meddle with Benfica. He doesn’t give us lessons. I come from a time when a Benfica team would get changed in the corridors at Antas. I don’t accept moralizing. Last year, we were completely outplayed and when that happens, we can’t stay silent,” João Noronha Lopes began, responding to the Porto president.

The candidate in the Benfica elections continued: “Sporting had a tax pardon and there wasn’t a single word from the Benfica president. I would have requested a meeting and a report from the League. What happened put the clubs on an unequal footing.”

“I’m not afraid of Proença. When he tried to diminish Benfica regarding television rights, I wrote an opinion piece about it. After the Cup, the least Proença could have done was apologize to Benfica, and he shouldn’t have been sitting next to him two days later. It’s not a matter of protocol,” he concluded, also leaving words for the president of the Portuguese Football Federation.

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