Sporting fined thousands for criticism of Frederico Varandas | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas was heavily criticized by Sporting fans against Arouca, due to the new ticket sales measures for the lions' games

Last August 17, Sporting received Arouca, in what was the debut of Alvalade 2.0. Despite the 6-0 thrashing, in what was the 2nd round of Liga Portugal, there was another detail that caught the eye: in the Topo Norte, where the Directivo Ultras XXI claque is located, multiple tarjas were displayed in the second half, in protest against the ticket sales criteria for Sporting's matches in various competitions. This attitude earned the lions a punishment, who will have to pay a fine of 2,040 euros imposed by the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation.

The body made the decision known through the map of punishments referring to the 2nd round of the championship, which reports the infractions committed by Sporting fans against Arouca, at the Estádio José Alvalade.

"Entry and permanence of unauthorized objects - Non-compliance with the duty to ensure compliance with all rules and conditions of access and stay of spectators in the sports venue, due to not having prevented the entry of tarjas with dimensions larger than legally permitted and/or of dimension equal to or less than 1 m by 1 m, when these accessories are intended to be agglomerated and thus form a dimension greater than 1 m by 1 m, whatever the nature or species of these strips (without prejudice to, in the specific case, the same not presenting symbols, signs or messages with legally prohibited content)".

Next, you can read in the statement the messages displayed on the tarjas of the leonine claque: "At 61 minutes, fans of the visiting Sports Society, Sporting CP, located in the Topo Norte, sector A17, outside the ZCEAP, identified by the shirts and scarves used, as well as by the chants alluding to the aforementioned team, displayed 2 tarjas with dimensions greater than one meter by one meter with the following inscriptions "Is this the priority?" and "And what about by attendance?". (...) At 60 minutes, fans of the visiting Sports Society, Sporting CP, located in the Topo Norte, sector A17, outside the ZCEAP, identified by the shirts and scarves used, as well as by the chants alluding to the aforementioned team, displayed 2 tarjas with dimensions greater than one meter by one meter with the following inscriptions "Lion Seat" and "And what about a Lion Site?"", also criticizing the poor functioning of the Club's website.

It is worth noting that in addition to the protest by the Directivo Ultras XXI claque, the Torcida Verde was also very vocal with criticism, although the same were directed at the works carried out at the Estádio José Alvalade.

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