Seven Sporting casuals deny attacking FC Porto fans in Alvalade | OneFootball

Yesterday saw the second hearing in the trial in which seven Sporting casuals are accused of attempted murder after setting fire to a vehicle carrying FC Porto supporters near the José Alvalade Stadium on 10 June 2025.

At the hearing, three defendants were questioned and confronted with videos, photographs and messages exchanged with relatives, friends and girlfriends. Even so, they maintained their innocence regarding the incident that took place after the hockey match between the rivals at the João Rocha Arena.

Bruno Gonçalves was the first to testify and described in detail what happened. He said he had gone to watch the futsal match, but ended up arriving earlier near the stadium to socialise, later managing to get a ticket for the hockey game, which he left during extra time.

“I went to a café and met a friend’s father. I said I was going to Santos to get something to eat and he said he could give me a lift. Then I saw several people, but I didn’t realise something was going to happen. When the trouble started, I ran away. I went to Alfama, to the match and in the end I was arrested,” the defendant explained, according to CMTV.

Diogo Amaral e Silva, meanwhile, was keen to stress that he is no longer part of the club’s ultras and insisted that he was not at the scene when the events took place. “I left the arena at 6.20pm and went home with a friend,” he said, adding that when police seized a flare, he explained that it was left over from the celebrations of Sporting’s back-to-back title.

Pierre Oliveira, for his part, said he had left the game early because he needed to help his mother at a street festival. “I left before the end of the 1st half. I wasn’t at the scene and I’m not part of any ultras group,” he stressed.

During the afternoon, a Judicial Police inspector was also heard and answered questions about failings in the investigation, including the fact that the residence of one of the defendants had not been established. It should be recalled that five of the seven suspects are in pre-trial detention and the others under house arrest. The next hearing is scheduled for the 15th, when more witnesses will be heard.

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