"Better dead than red": Diogo Costa unaware of scarf’s message | OneFootball

Seen by many as a provocation, Diogo Costa was the protagonist of a controversial episode at the end of the Rio Ave-FC Porto (0-3) match. On his birthday, the Portuguese international goalkeeper heard Porto fans singing him happy birthday and throwing him a scarf that landed at his feet.

The captain of FC Porto picked up the scarf and put it around his neck, then took it off to show it open for a few seconds. It was then that it was noticed that the scarf said: "Rather dead than red". According to the newspaper Record, the goalkeeper was surprised and had no intention of provoking the main rival - so much so that, on the side facing him, it only read Super Dragons.

With the classic FC Porto-Benfica match two rounds away, it remains to be seen what the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation's stance on the case will be, that is, whether or not they will consider there to have been any infraction.

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