Luciano Gonçalves responds to Benfica threats: “No one blows up here” | OneFootball

Luciano Gonçalves, president of the Refereeing Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, spoke this Tuesday at a press conference at the City of Football, accompanied by Duarte Gomes, technical director of the same body. The meeting, designed to review the first ten rounds of the professional competitions, ended up being dominated by the recent controversies between referees and club officials.

The official also referred to the statements made by Mário Branco, which allegedly involved threats to referees, and reiterated his support for the refereeing class: “These situations attempt to put pressure on the referees, but they are prepared for it. They receive all the necessary support to remain calm. Here, no one is going to break anyone, no one is going to break any referee. If a referee is demoted, it will only be due to a less positive season, never because of external interference.”

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