Frederico Varandas slams Sporting’s rivals: Have some shame! | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas showed no mercy towards the statements from Benfica and Porto, regarding the controversial corner that led to Sporting's goal against Santa Clara, in a match that ended with a final score of 2-1. The green and white President spoke at the Gala Rugidos de Leão and did not leave the counterparts from Benfica and Porto without a response.

"Following the scandal of the Portuguese Cup final, another scandal occurred, proof that the green mantle is strong and vigorous, the Azores corner emerged. The game ended and 30 minutes later FC Porto and Benfica had already issued statements. Because of the scandal and the grave error," began to explain Frederico Varandas.

The green and white President continued: "And let's rationally analyze the error. At the end of stoppage time, the assistant mistakenly signaled a corner in favor of Sporting. I was in the stands and didn't even notice any error due to the strangeness of the ball's trajectory. Because football was being played on an unplayable pitch. A disgrace of a pitch! The ball suddenly seemed like there was a mole on the field."

"And the assistant was misled and marked, imagine, a corner! It's as if he had marked a penalty, an irregular goal. No! The referee made a mistake and marked a corner. Analyze and see why he was mistaken. A corner, that lethal tactical moment, which has a three percent goal-scoring effectiveness!" Frederico Varandas ironically remarked.

In conclusion, he recalled another incident in the game where the referee decided against the lions: "But I will admit that the corner turned into a penalty: a corner is a goal. I will admit that, yes. I will analyze the first half and isn't it that Suárez makes a shot that I thought was going to be a goal but the goalkeeper makes a fantastic save and the referee mistakenly awarded a goal kick. How do we stand now? The same reasoning is that they took a goal from us in the first half. My friends, pure demagoguery, lack of seriousness, and have some shame!"

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