Court backs Varandas! Baía and Cerqueira to pay Sporting chief | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas saw justice rule in his favor in the case related to the incidents that took place in the garage of the Estádio do Dragão after a Porto-Sporting derby played in 2022. Vítor Baía and Rui Cerqueira were convicted by the Porto District Court.

The former Porto official was ordered to pay a fine of 1,200 euros for committing the crime of insult. According to the newspaper A Bola, the court found that Vítor Baía admitted the facts, although without showing remorse.

Rui Cerqueira, Porto’s communications director, was also fined 1,200 euros for a specific offense of physical assault at a sporting event. The court concluded that the official slapped Frederico Varandas’s hand, causing the Sporting President’s mobile phone and earphones to fall.

In addition to the fine, however, the decision will be suspended until the outcome of the appeal to be submitted to the Porto Court of Appeal.

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