"Better dead than red": Diogo Costa unaware of scarf’s message | OneFootball

Seen by many as a provocation, Diogo Costa was the protagonist of a controversial episode at the end of the Rio Ave-FC Porto (0-3) match. On his birthday, the Portuguese international goalkeeper heard Porto fans singing him happy birthday and throwing a scarf that fell at his feet.

The FC Porto captain picked up the scarf and put it around his neck, then took it off to show it open for a few seconds. It was then that it was understood that the scarf said: "Rather dead than red". According to Record newspaper, the goalkeeper was surprised and did not intend to provoke the main rival - so much so that, on the side facing him, it only read Super Dragons.

With the classic FC Porto-Benfica match two rounds away, it remains to be seen what the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation will do about the case, that is, whether or not they will understand that there was any infraction.

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