Fábio Veríssimo’s Porto report revealed, Benfica in spotlight | OneFootball

The newspaper Record recently revealed what was written by Fábio Veríssimo, the main referee of the Porto - Braga match, in the report for that game. News about the pressure and influence exerted by the blue and whites on the refereeing team for this Liga Portugal Betclic match was already known, and now the referee’s version of events is also being made public, in which Benfica plays a central role.

"I inform that throughout the entire halftime break, the television in the refereeing team’s dressing room was only showing the disallowed goal for team A, from 31:37 to 32:08, repeatedly (in a loop)," Fábio Veríssimo began, describing what happened during the break.

The Portuguese referee continued: "I also inform that at the end of the match, the same television, when the refereeing team entered the dressing room, was showing the Porto Canal program, and unexpectedly, once again started showing the previously mentioned incident repeatedly (in a loop)."

"The television remote did not allow us to turn it off, and the television buttons did not work, so it could not be unlocked. About 45 minutes after the end of the match, images were shown on the same television of a youth match between FC Porto and SL Benfica, which I refereed," concluded Fábio Veríssimo, thus clarifying any doubts that might have existed about the actions of the blue and white officials during that match with Braga.

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