Pinotes Batista slams Benfica’s attitude towards Sporting: "They barely play" | OneFootball

André Pinotes Batista slammed the recent statements made by Benfica. In this exclusive interview for our newspaper, the Member of Parliament from the Socialist Party had the opportunity to comment on the accusations from Rui Costa’s management regarding the refereeing in Sporting’s recent matches.

“Benfica has been on a path since Rui Costa’s statements, which are incomprehensible, where he says ‘everything is rigged’. Since those statements, Benfica has been playing poorly and issuing a lot of statements, and the objective is obvious,” he began by telling Leonino.

He then reveals that the rival’s statements and posts are intended to influence public opinion, something that is not new: “For five consecutive weeks, I have been called to comment on supposed favoritism towards Sporting, which, as a rule, did not exist. The aim here is to influence public opinion. Every season will have matches where the big three are either harmed or benefited. It has always been this way and will continue to be so.”

Even so, the Sporting fan believes that Sporting supporters have reasons to be at ease: “After every Sporting match, Benfica goes through every play frame by frame to try to invent advantages that don’t exist. Therefore, I think Sporting fans should remain calm, and it’s important that they raise their voices. There must be honesty in defending sporting truth.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.