Proença snubs Rui Costa, shelves Benfica’s league complaint | OneFootball

The Disciplinary Council (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), chaired by Pedro Proença, filed away the complaint submitted by Rui Costa, following the late entry of Benfica supporters into Estádio do Dragão, in the Classic of the eighth round of Liga Portugal Betclic.

According to the most recent list of sanctions released by the League, the delay in the supporters’ entry was due to the first bus arriving at the previously defined meeting point at 19:32 and the last at 19:42, when the expectation was for one hour earlier.

"The security cordon formed by the police forces around the visiting supporters began its march towards the stadium at 20:02, arriving at the access stairs to the visiting supporters’ entrance at 20:18," it reads.

"Afterwards, the normal process of access control to the stadium stands took place. 21:15 Outside the stadium there were still 1,400 Benfica supporters waiting to enter. Four requests had already been made to the ARD’s for the entry process to be expedited," the document adds.

After what happened, through a statement, the Eagles stated they would file a complaint with the competent authorities: "Sport Lisboa e Benfica will file a formal complaint with Liga Portugal and demand accountability for this unacceptable poor service provided to its supporters."

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