Villas-Boas: Sporting have Benfica’s president in their pocket | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas commented this Wednesday on the controversy surrounding Fábio Veríssimo's report about the alleged attempt to pressure the referee during halftime of the match between FC Porto and SC Braga last Sunday, and criticized rival Benfica, addressing Rui Costa and João Noronha Lopes, the two candidates for the presidency of the club from Luz.

“Benfica’s reaction? I can’t help but note the irony and hypocrisy, considering the record of incidents, not only at Estádio da Luz, but in stadiums all over. I understand they are in an election campaign, I understand that the candidates want to battle it out by insulting FC Porto. But FC Porto has nothing to do with Benfica’s elections and I recommend to both of them that they worry about their rival on the Segunda Circular, because Sporting has had the president of Benfica in their pocket for a long time,” fired the president of the Dragons, before the blue and white delegation’s departure for the Netherlands.

As for the Europa League match against Utrecht, AVB stated he wants to add another three points. “It’s another tough away game in the Europa League, we hope to keep up our good form. It’s true that we lost to Nottingham, but we want to earn more points in the standings and secure qualification as soon as possible,” concluded the official.

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