Villas-Boas slams FPF after Porto fine: “Feels like a joke, but isn’t” | OneFootball

The FPF Disciplinary Council announced this Friday the imposition of a €17,850 fine on FC Porto, following statements published in the Dragões Diário newsletter on February 17. The Dragons’ president, André Villas-Boas, has already responded to the decision, stating that he is surprised.

In the publication in question, it reads:

“With another round of the championship completed, FC Porto remains ahead of an opponent who is forbidden by decree to lose points. The team most favored by the referees’ unfortunate mistakes was once again carried to victory against Famalicão,” it could be read regarding the lions, taking aim at Frederico Varandas, Morten Hjulmand, and the eagles. “It is not surprising to see the complicit silence on the other side of the Segunda Circular – who clamor for even more penalties – in this Holy Alliance that seeks to try to bring down FC Porto by any means.”

“We received with surprise the decision of the FPF Refereeing Council to file a complaint against FC Porto for the informative article published in Dragões Diário which, according to the body, attacks the dignity and honor of the members who govern the Refereeing Council. The phrase ‘It seems that someone is in charge of refereeing in Portugal and it is clearly not its leaders’ was considered more damaging than the one, meanwhile archived by the Disciplinary Council, which categorically stated that Pedro Proença, Duarte Gomes, Nuno Almeida, and João Capela worked under the orders of some club presidents. It seems like a joke, but it’s not.”

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