Top Benfica figure takes aim at Pedro Proença and the FPF: favours... | OneFootball

Pedro Proença, president of the Portuguese Football Federation, has once again been targeted on the topic of refereeing in Portugal. According to Rui Costa, the top executive of Benfica, it is regrettable that the former referee, as well as the institution, have not found solutions to the problems that are in plain sight to everyone.

In an interview - where Conti's transfer was also a topic - the leader of the reds began by highlighting what he wants the institution to do: "Benfica, more than complaining, laments what it has seen. I'm not expecting any public response, I'm expecting responses from Portuguese football bodies to improve Portuguese football".

On the same subject and in the face of the Federation's lack of response, the President made a guarantee: "Benfica is not looking for favors, it just doesn't want to be harmed. And it will fight to the fifth house so that Portuguese football is at an acceptable level for everyone".

Asked about the fact that the Club da Luz takes a position of opposition to the topics studied together with the FPF, such as television rights, Rui Costa explained that it is an attitude to expose gaps: "It's a warning. Benfica will not condone something that doesn't exist. Benfica accepted, from the first hour, the centralization of rights, given the promise that was made to all clubs, that no one would lose and that Portuguese football would grow".

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