Benfica star claims Sporting have been favoured in most games this season | OneFootball

Mauro Xavier believes that Sporting was favored in six of the 11 Liga Portugal Betclic matches. The Benfica member, a well-known figure among the club's fans, who was even mentioned as a potential candidate in the rival club's elections, gave an interview to Notícias ao Minuto, where he discussed the climate of Portuguese football.

"The incidents are not limited to what happened at the Estádio do Dragão with Fábio Veríssimo, the play preceding Sporting's winning goal against Santa Clara, nor the controversies of Benfica-Casa Pia. Unfortunately, there are many more. The championship is already in its 11th round and Sporting has already been directly favored in six of those 11 matches," Mauro Xavier pointed out, without detailing which matches those were.

Then, the Benfica member presented some solutions: "Even so, the Portuguese Football Federation received from the Government the responsibility to organize the competitive frameworks and maintained the arbitration. It is up to the clubs to ask the Government to intervene directly, and it is up to the Government to realize that arbitration needs a significant overhaul, as unfortunately, the leaders of the FPF and the League still haven't realized that this model is not contributing anything positive," Mauro Xavier stated.

"I think it's time to adopt concrete measures. We cannot continue with recurring errors that have only harmed Benfica, which is why I understand the agitation that is happening. This is where the Government can step in to take measures with something I've already mentioned, which involves removing arbitration from the FPF's charge. There is no reason for the FPF to manage arbitration," Mauro Xavier explained further.

The Benfica fan concluded as follows: "Arbitration must be completely impartial and independent of everything else. Then, there must be an updated table for referees, just like there is for clubs, so that everyone knows the overall ranking of referees throughout the season."

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