Leonor Pinhão slams Villas-Boas’s tactics after Porto v Benfica | OneFootball

Leonor Pinhão, a Benfica supporter, commented on the recent defeat in the Classic against Porto, which was for the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup, and took a jab at Porto's president, André Villas-Boas, regarding the pressure exerted on Fábio Veríssimo, who had already experienced an intimidation episode from the blue and white club.

"As soon as the referee's name was known, the president of Porto pressured the appointee and demanded the resignation of the Refereeing Council. At the end of the game, since Porto won, he praised the referee for his flawless work. Villas-Boas did nothing extraordinary, he just elaborated on the most basic ABCs", criticized Leonor Pinhão regarding how the president of the dragons handled the refereeing, in an interview with the newspaper Record.

The commentator highlighted the plurality of views about the club and the current lack of consensus: "Benfica has millions of supporters and for each of these supporters, Benfica is something different. There are, therefore, millions of "Benficas", as many as the number of people who say things like 'Benfica, for me, is not this'.

Leonor Pinhão said she was not surprised by the setback: "The last classic brought no news. Benfica's defeat was no surprise and anyone who says it was either suffers from foolishness or is joking. There may be Benfica supporters who find it amusing and felt redeemed from their frustrations in the face of insults directed by Barrenechea, who knows nothing about what Benfica is, at Porto supporters".

As for the future of the season, the commentator paints a realistic scenario for the club from Luz: "Benfica will now have to fight for 2nd place in the championship and for a dignified exit from Europe with, naturally, supporters who hope for the immediate return of the European Benfica that is promised to them every year and who, internally, dream of a heroic ride to 1st place even if, for that, it is necessary to rescue Rafa from Turkey".

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