Sporting ask league for help, Porto and Benfica block move | OneFootball

The meeting of the Calendar Committee, held this Friday to discuss scheduling the postponed match between Sporting and Tondela, experienced moments of high tension. One of the points where the tone escalated was due to a surprising proposal from the lions, who made it known that they did not intend to play the match in the first available week on the calendar.

According to information gathered by the newspaper Record, the Alvalade Club proposed May 6th for the match against Tondela, which would fall between hosting Vitória de Guimarães and visiting Rio Ave, in the 32nd and 33rd rounds, respectively.

Consequently, Sporting's argument to push the duel to this time and not to the week of April 29th, which could be free if they are eliminated by Arsenal in the Champions League, is the accumulated fatigue.

However, the lions' intention did not sit well with their rivals. According to the same source, Porto and Benfica aligned to reject the proposal, with the dragons being the main protagonists of the greatest moments of indignation - maintaining the same position according to the recent complaint.

Indeed, as announced by Liga Portugal, the Sporting - Tondela match is tentatively scheduled for April 29th, if the lions are eliminated from the Champions League and do not have to play another European tie that week.

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