Varandas targets Benfica and Porto: 40 years of favours | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas lost his patience and once again attacked the rivals. At the end of the match against Vitória de Guimarães, the president of Sporting lashed out against the complaints from Benfica and Porto regarding the refereeing in the matches involving the lions — such as against Santa Clara — and recalled the leaderships of Pinto da Costa and Luís Filipe Vieira.

"Today we are reaching a completely absurd level of noise. Sporting plays in the Champions League, where the best international referees are. If it were up to the field referee, Sporting might have 3 points", began the lions' leader.

"And is it an error by the best Portuguese referee, who wrongly calls a penalty, that questions the entire refereeing? Do you remember what refereeing was like in the 90s? In the 2000s? 2015? 2016? 2017?", Frederico Varandas remarked, referencing the former leaderships of Sporting's rivals.

"For parachutists who have just arrived. Unsustainable were 40 years of 'fruta'! 40 years of meetings with president Luís Filipe Vieira, Pinto da Costa, choosing who is the president of the League, who is the president of the Federation!", accused the president of the leonine emblem, emphasizing the influence that existed in recent decades.

"This obsession continues, it's in women's football, it's everywhere, it's Sporting, it's Sporting, it's Sporting! The President of Benfica jokes about arriving 11 minutes late to the Christmas speech... that's nothing new. The championship ends and Benfica usually arrives late", he concluded, leaving a jab at Rui Costa.

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