FC Porto fined €13,643 for pyrotechnics and announcer chants | OneFootball

The match between FC Porto and Estoril turned out to be much more than 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 not at all pleasant.

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

"At 42 minutes of the first half, after pyrotechnic devices were set off in the south stand by fans associated with club A, identified by their apparel, the game, which was already interrupted by normal action, had to be delayed for 1 minute and 45 seconds until full visibility was possible," reads the statement from the FPF's Disciplinary Council, which continues.

"As a consequence of the pyrotechnic devices set off as reported here, at 42 minutes of the game, 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 enable better visibility of the game and its participants," it concludes.

Besides the less than exemplary behavior of the group of fans in the Super Dragões section, the announcer at Estádio do Dragão was also fined substantially for speaking out of turn while the match was still ongoing.

"The speaker present at the stadium (...) at 90+3 minutes of the game, while the game was still ongoing, chanted the following expression 'Porto, Porto'," writes the report presented by Liga Portugal, noting that this mistake by the speaker alone 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 counting an additional fine of 102 euros applied to Francisco Moura, FC Porto's left-back, after receiving his third yellow card of the season.

The game was not easy at all for Francesco Farioli's team

FC Porto ended up winning, on Sunday night, against Estoril Praia by 1-0 at Estádio do Dragão, in a match related to the 12th round of the Primeira Liga, thus reinforcing their lead in the standings before the derby between Benfica and Sporting.

The decision of the game came early: in the eighth minute, after an error by Jordan Holsgrove, the ball fell to William Gomes, who did not waste the opportunity against Joel Robles.

With this victory, FC Porto isolated themselves at the top of 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 in 12 games, being closer to the relegation positions than to the spots for European competitions in the 2026/27 season.

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