Benfica rival takes aim at Rui Costa: “Show some competence” | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas made some criticisms of Rui Costa, as well as of the candidates in the Benfica elections. The president of Sporting spoke to journalists this Sunday, October 5, and responded to comments coming from the Clube da Luz that suggested a benefit for the lions regarding refereeing decisions.

"I have already clarified the refereeing issues, but not yet this one about the 'green cloak.' Much has been said about Sporting controlling the football bodies and I like to do these exercises... Think with me: the current president of the FPF, everyone knows, is a Benfica supporter; the president of the League... what I was told before, when I did my homework, is that he is a serious and upright person but also a Benfica supporter," Frederico Varandas began by saying.

The President of Sporting continued in the same vein: "If we look further down, at the board members, we find great Sporting supporters like Domingos Paciência, Toni... Rui Caeiro is a Sporting supporter but has a curious past—he was Bruno de Carvalho's 'vice' and was proposed, by our governing bodies, to be suspended as a member. So we can see just how 'green' everything is..."

"I was recently with the president of the FPF who told me he was perplexed by this situation and revealed to me that he maps out the club affiliations of the governing bodies: 38% are linked to Benfica and 25% to Sporting. The president of Sporting is not concerned about this because he voted for a project of serious people so that what happened in the last 40 years does not happen again. That is over, there are no more football bosses and that is causing some confusion for some people," he said next, thus defending himself from the criticisms he has faced.

Frederico Varandas finished as follows: "I see many people worried, obsessed with Sporting, the president of Benfica, the candidates for the Benfica elections... Here’s some advice: be more competent, work harder, that helps a lot. Since I have been on the board, there have been unsuccessful sporting seasons, but never has the president of Sporting blamed a bad season on poor refereeing."

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.