FC Porto fined €10,000 over ball-boy row in clash with Sporting | OneFootball

FC Porto was fined €10,200 due to the controversy involving the ball boys in the derby against Sporting. The decision was made by the Disciplinary Board (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).

On February 9, in a match from the 21st round of the league, FC Porto and Sporting drew 1-1. In the closing moments of that game, some of the balls that were supposed to be placed along the sidelines of the pitch were removed by the ball boys.

A day after the match, Sporting announced that it would file a complaint with the FPF’s CD. As a result, the body decided to punish FC Porto’s SAD for “violating the rules” related to the “multi-ball system.” The CD also cites the Principle of Sports Ethics, considering that the case harms the image of the competition.

Marco André Gonçalves Paiva, FC Porto’s field director, was fined €1,530 for “breaching the duties set out” in the LPFP competition regulations.

In the same match, it should also be recalled, Sporting also criticized the “manipulated air conditioning, stands restricted with banners and speaker columns, and ball boys being restrained to hide the match balls and remove the towel of Sporting goalkeeper Rui Silva.”

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