Referee slams Benfica rival’s treatment: “The Porto Canal show...” | OneFootball

Fábio Veríssimo's report on the events at Estádio do Dragão is now known, during and after the Porto - Braga match for Liga Portugal Betclic. The Portuguese referee complained about being pressured by the northern club, a rival of Benfica, and now his full version is being made public.

"I inform that throughout the entire halftime, the television in the referees' dressing room was only showing the disallowed goal for team A, from 31:37 to 32:08 minutes, repeatedly (in a loop)," Fábio Veríssimo began, describing what happened during the break.

The Portuguese referee continued: "I also inform that at the end of the match, the same television, when the refereeing team entered the dressing room, was showing the Porto Canal program, and unexpectedly, it started showing the previously mentioned incident again, repeatedly (in a loop)."

"The TV remote did not allow us to turn it off, the TV buttons did not work, making it impossible to unlock it. About 45 minutes after the end of the match, images of a youth match between FC Porto and SL Benfica, which I refereed, were shown on the same television," concluded Fábio Veríssimo, thus clarifying any doubts that might have existed about the actions of the blue and white officials during that match against Braga.

It is worth remembering that this complaint from Fábio Veríssimo has been one of the main highlights in Portuguese sports news. Benfica has already commented on the incident in a statement, and André Villas-Boas has already responded to these highly critical remarks from the reds.

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