Pinotes Batista slams Benfica’s attitude to Sporting: They hardly play | OneFootball

André Pinotes Batista slammed the recent statements made by Benfica. In this interview, exclusively for our Newspaper, the deputy of the Assembly of the Republic for the Socialist Party had the opportunity to comment on the accusations from Rui Costa's direction, regarding the refereeing of Sporting's recent games.

"Benfica has been on a path since Rui Costa's statements, which are incomprehensible, in which he says that 'this is all rigged'. Since these statements, Benfica has been on a path where it plays little and makes many statements and the objective is obvious," he begins by telling Leonino.

Next, he reveals that the rival's statements and publications aim to influence public opinion, something that is not new: "For five consecutive weeks I have been called to comment on favors to Sporting, which as a rule did not exist. This aims to influence public opinion. All championships will have games where the three big ones will be harmed or benefited. It has always been like this and it will continue to be so".

Even so, the Leonino fan believes that Sporting fans have reasons to be relaxed: "Benfica after every Sporting game will watch frame by frame each play to try to invent benefits that do not exist. Therefore, I think that Sporting fans should be calm and need to raise their voice. There must be honesty here in defending sporting truth".

In conclusion, Pinotes Batista argues that Sporting is ahead of Benfica on its own merit and not by the narrative that the reds try to create: "Sporting is ahead of Benfica at this moment because it plays better. I have more respect for those who complain about refereeing and play well. When you play little and complain a lot, the problem is on the side of playing little, not on the side of refereeing".

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.