Varandas slams Villas-Boas after Sporting–Porto row: petty and a liar | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas spoke to journalists in response to the statements of André Villas-Boas after the Classic between Sporting and Porto, valid for the first leg of the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup, which ended in a 1-0 victory for the lions. The President of the green and whites left several criticisms of the leader of the dragons.

"Is that the case of the game, right? Is that the case of the game... Let me say a word to the Sporting fans. We had a classic broadcasted worldwide, where it was shown since yesterday how to welcome a rival. There were no fireworks, the Porto players slept and I hope they slept well. All Porto staff members were treated with all the dignity as it should be. I want to thank the members for showing that we are different, we are very different from these people. Sporting is a double champion, three championships in five years, double, but what I am most proud of is the way Sporting is. As president, in seven years I went to court once for calling the former president of Porto a bandit. I want to thank the Sporting fans for the way they behaved in a beautiful classic," he said, speaking about Porto's complaints and André Villas-Boas.

"I will have to talk a lot about the president of Porto. The inelegance, because he was a coach, held press conferences, and you don't interrupt a coach. He doesn't want to listen. He wants to build the narrative... Do you know why? Now we are going to make Suárez the scapegoat. Do you know why? I see the president of Porto very afraid, because he is a coach. He looks at the field and sees what I see. He thinks the team won't make it to be champion. This is his fear, they play little. Process against Hjulmand after the game with Aves SAD for aggression. Even the handball coach got a criminal process for throwing a water bottle. This is Porto's narrative. I see a team leading the championship, but they don't even know how they are leading and they are afraid. So Suárez has to catch four games. 'I was in China'. In that democratic republic, a democratic country. But did they ask him if he put videos to condition referees? Maybe he would get 40 games of suspension," he continued.

"Mr. Villas-Boas has responsibility. He is president, but he understands a lot about football. And he comes to complain about a move and the penalty that is preceded by a foul. Do you know how much time passed from that foul? One minute and 40 seconds. The move he talks about with Pepê, in the left corner of Sporting's attack... Meanwhile, what happened? One minute and 40 before the penalty. 10 seconds from Suárez's move, the game would be decided with a gross error, fine, it happens. Now it's no longer the expulsion that should have happened, the consequence is Suárez making the gesture. He is afraid that Suárez will continue to play, because he plays a lot and scores many goals. I believe it will be understood why Suárez did that. Should he not have done it? No, but let's understand why. I want to understand, how many games should a club get for conditioning a referee, broadcasting videos in the locker room even of the juniors. Let's put everything on the same scale. What punishment should there be for giving orders to remove the balls," said Frederico Varandas.

"President André Villas-Boas is a liar. But he is very small for the entity he governs. He is tiny. They have no ethical dimension, neither he nor his friends, to be leaders of Porto. Which club makes statements when referees are mentioned? Twitter in the middle of the game. Who is the club that conditions? The team is strong and will be champion, it doesn't do that. He is very afraid. He is a coward."

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