Exclusive Leonino – Top Sporting official fed up with Rui Costa’s tantrums | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas gives no importance whatsoever to the stance adopted by Benfica in recent months regarding Rui Costa’s complaints about alleged benefits from refereeing teams in matches played by Sporting, according to Leonino.

In recent months, the top official at Benfica has repeatedly targeted the Lions, but the criticism does not affect the work being carried out by both the President of Sporting and Rui Borges, who remain calm and immune to the words of the Eagles’ top executive.

As our newspaper has learned, Frederico Varandas believes this is a strategy used by the Reds to try to influence refereeing decisions and to mask Benfica’s poor football results in recent years, despite the many millions spent.

At the press conference previewing the eighth round of the Portuguese League, the Lions’ coach was specifically asked about Rui Costa’s remarks, but the Alvalade skipper sidestepped the topic and left the rival talking to himself.

Sporting will only return to the pitch next Sunday, October 5, against Braga. The match, counting for the eighth round of Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by Carlos Vicens, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade at 7:15 p.m.

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