Sabotage, stolen towels: chaos at Porto v Sporting 🤯 | OneFootball

Maximum tension.

On Monday evening, all of Portugal had its eyes fixed on the clash between Porto (1st) and Sporting (2nd) as part of the 21st round of the championship.

Although this match ended in a draw (1-1) marked by goals from Seko Fofana and Luis Suarez, this summit of Portuguese football was also the scene of completely surreal incidents.

First of all, upon their arrival at FC Porto’s stadium, the Sporting players discovered that the walls of their locker room had been covered with posters and press clippings glorifying Porto.

In addition, the heating in the visitors’ locker room was reportedly set to maximum with no way to turn it down.

After the warm-up, Sporting midfielder Morten Hjumland was also heckled by Porto supporters. They threw Atlético de Madrid jerseys at him to reference his failed transfer during the winter transfer window.

Furthermore, according to A Bola, the Lisbon club’s goalkeeper reportedly had no fewer than three towels stolen during the match.

An incident that inevitably echoes the CAN final, where Edouard Mendy, just like Rui Silva last night, used these towels to dry his gloves in pouring rain.

Finally, images also showed that the ball boys at Estadio do Dragao had hidden balls to preserve Porto’s lead in the final moments of the match.

However, this did not prevent Sporting from equalizing in stoppage time with a penalty.

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

📸 MIGUEL RIOPA - AFP or licensors