FC Porto fined nearly €18,000 for ‘injury to honour’ | OneFootball

The Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation imposed a fine of 17,850 euros on FC Porto's SAD for "injury to the honor and reputation of the sports structure's bodies and their members," it was announced on Friday.

The sanction is related to the dragons' vigorous criticism of refereeing and Benfica and Sporting published in the Dragões Diário newsletter on February 17. "After another round of the championship, FC Porto remains ahead of an opponent forbidden by decree to lose points. The team most favored by the unfortunate errors of the referees was once again carried on their shoulders against Famalicão," it read regarding the lions, also mentioning names like Frederico Varandas and Morten Hjulmand and alluding to the eagles. "The complicit silence on the other side of the Segunda Circular - which clamors for even more penalties - in this Holy Alliance that aims to try to bring down FC Porto in every way is not surprising," wrote the blue and white club.

The complaint was even commented on by André Villas-Boas in the editorial of the February issue of the Dragões magazine. "We received with surprise the decision of the FPF's Arbitration Council to file a complaint against FC Porto for the informative article published in Dragões Diário which, according to the body, attacks the dignity and honor of the members who govern the Arbitration Council. The phrase 'It seems that someone controls refereeing in Portugal and it is clearly not its leaders' was considered more harmful than the one, meanwhile archived by the Disciplinary Council, which stated, categorically, that Pedro Proença, Duarte Gomes, Nuno Almeida, and João Capela worked under the orders of some club presidents. It seems like a joke, but it isn't," stated the Porto official.

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