Portal dos Dragões
·10 February 2026
Sporting accuse FC Porto of towel theft and cranking up dressing room heat

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·10 February 2026

The classic match between FC Porto and Sporting was marked by several incidents, with the Lions lodging various complaints.
The main complaint concerns the alleged theft of several towels from the goals where Rui Silva was, towels that the goalkeeper used to dry his gloves in the heavy rain that hit the North of the country.
Sporting also released images of the visiting locker room which, according to FC Porto, has been decorated since September with covers celebrating the achievements of the blue and whites – visible on the walls, over the urinals, and on the shower stall doors. The same source insists that the intention was not to provoke the national champions but to showcase a decoration that the public can verify when visiting the club's museum, which includes precisely the visiting team's locker room.
Furthermore, Sporting complained that the locker room where their players changed was at maximum temperature – Porto's explanation for the phenomenon, citing “centralized air conditioning.” Below is also an image of FC Porto's ball boys who, with the score at 1-0, allegedly hid several replacement balls.
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