Row erupts as Sporting ultras slam Alvalade 2.0 works: fratricidal elitism | OneFootball

The Torcida Verde criticized the renovation works of the Alvalade Stadium. The green and white amphitheater was the target of a remodeling project dubbed Alvalade 2.0, which the Sporting fans were able to confirm for the first time at the reception to Arouca, counting for the second round of the Liga Portugal.

“Expansion of the José Alvalade Stadium, for whom? In Torcida Verde, over the last decade we have proposed the creation of sector(s) entirely composed of standing places, which could further increase the capacity of the José Alvalade Stadium! In various European stadiums, there are modern stadiums with 'Safe Standing' sectors, a model recently sanctioned by UEFA for the Portuguese League”, the fan group began by saying on their social networks.

Next, Torcida Verde criticized the creation of new VIP seat zones: “It was in this context that the recent expansion of the José Alvalade Stadium took place, without any consultation with the Sporting fans, which favored the creation of expensive VIP seats, which will have access to purchase tickets for away games. Regardless of the years of membership in Sporting. Regardless of the regularity to the games in Alvalade. In this particular, these owners of the VIP seats, can give these tickets to whoever they want. Whether or not they are Sporting members”.

"We don't want to believe that a fratricidal elitization process is underway at Sporting. We will fight for the José Alvalade Stadium to be a space where there is room for the Seat Lions, and the whole range of VIP seats, but also for the other fans, and in this particular for the fans who dispense with the seated places. We say no to the model that promotes a kind of new and infamous ‘social distancing’, among Sporting fans. May the publicized slogan Alvalade 2.0, not be synonymous with social distancing 2.0”, they added.

In conclusion, the Torcida Verde defended the importance of the Sporting fans, who they consider to be fundamental to the life of the Club, without distinctions to socio-economic classes: “The great Sporting Clube de Portugal is for all fans, regardless of their social condition and their way of living the club, always within the founding principles of Sporting”.

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