FC Porto fined €13,643 for flares and announcer chants at Estádio do Dragão | OneFootball

The match between FC Porto and Estoril turned out to be much more than just a scare in terms of the result for the leaders of the Primeira Liga. This Wednesday, the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation released the fines related to this match from the 12th round, and the bill is anything but pleasant.

The penalties stem from the improper behavior of Porto fans, who set off pyrotechnic devices, causing a temporary stoppage of the match. However, they were not the only ones to lighten André Villas-Boas's wallet.

“At the 42nd minute of the first half, after pyrotechnic devices were set off in the south stand, with fans supporting club A, identified by their accessories, the match, which was already interrupted due to normal play, had to be delayed by 1 minute and 45 seconds until full visibility was possible,” reads the statement from the FPF Disciplinary Council, which continues.

“As a consequence of the detonation of the pyrotechnic devices reported here, at the 42nd minute of the match, the referee delayed the restart of the game by 1:45 (one minute and forty-five seconds) to allow the smoke caused by those devices to dissipate and permit better visibility of the match and its participants,” it concludes.

In addition to the less-than-exemplary behavior of the group of fans in the Super Dragões section, the announcer at Estádio do Dragão was also fined a substantial amount for speaking out of turn while the match was still ongoing.

“The speaker present at the stadium (…) at 90+3 minutes of the match, while the game was still ongoing, chanted the following phrase: ‘Porto, Porto’,” states the report presented by Liga Portugal, noting that this single mistake by the speaker resulted in a fine of over seven thousand euros for the Porto officials.

In total, the bill was hefty for the blue and white club, with a pending payment of 13,643 euros, not including an additional fine of 102 euros imposed on Francisco Moura, FC Porto’s left-back, after receiving his third yellow card of the season.

The match was anything but easy for Francesco Farioli’s team

FC Porto ended up defeating Estoril Praia 1-0 on Sunday night at Estádio do Dragão, in a match for the 12th round of the Primeira Liga, thus strengthening their lead in the standings ahead of the derby between Benfica and Sporting.

The game was decided early: in the eighth minute, after a mistake by Jordan Holsgrove, the ball fell to William Gomes, who made no mistake in front of Joel Robles.

With this victory, FC Porto secured first place in the league with 34 points, three more than Sporting and six more than Benfica, in a round that precedes the Lisbon classic.

As for Estoril Praia, they remained in 10th position with 13 points from 12 matches, being closer to the relegation spots than to the places granting access to European competitions in the 2026/27 season.

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