Porto pundit slams Varandas, says Sporting scandalously favoured | OneFootball

The speech by Frederico Varandas at the Gala Rugidos de Leão sparked a strong reaction from Tiago Silva. The Porto commentator attacked the President of Sporting and said that the green and white club has been the most favored by refereeing decisions in recent years.

"Sporting has been scandalously favored over the last two seasons and Varandas still has the nerve to lecture about dignity and refereeing. With Nobres, Godinhos, Veríssimos, and appointments made to order, it’s no wonder Varandas tries so hard to deny the existence of a ‘green cloak,’ even though the serious mistakes benefiting Sporting are plain to see every week," he began by telling the newspaper ‘Record’.

The commentator associated with the Dragons raised the tone of his accusations: "In fact, Varandas is even right: a cloak is not enough, because what we’ve seen in Sporting’s games this year, at Nacional, at Estoril, in Famalicão, at home against Alverca, and in the Azores, was a green carpet rolled out to lead Sporting straight to the top," he stated.

Tiago Silva then spoke about the recent attacks by the Sporting director against Porto: "The president who has attacked, pressured, and influenced referees the most in Portuguese football is named Frederico Varandas, or does he think we’ve forgotten about the trips to the tunnels at halftime and after games to put pressure on referees?".

"What has changed is not dignity. What has changed is that now the wind blows in their favor because there are many blowing for them," he concluded.

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