Villas-Boas slams FPF after Porto fine: “Feels like a joke” | OneFootball

The FPF Disciplinary Council announced this Friday the imposition of a 17,850 euro fine on FC Porto, following statements published in the Dragões Diário newsletter on February 17. The president of the dragons, André Villas-Boas, has already reacted to the decision, stating he is surprised.

In the publication in question, it can be read:

“After another round of the championship, FC Porto remains ahead of an opponent prohibited by decree from losing points. The team most favored by the unfortunate mistakes of the referees was once again carried through against Famalicão,” it could be read regarding the lions, aiming at Frederico Varandas, Morten Hjulmand, and the eagles. “It is not surprising the complicit silence on the other side of the Second Circular – which clamors for even more penalties – in this Holy Alliance that aims to try to bring down FC Porto in every way”.

“We received with surprise the decision of the FPF Arbitration Council to file a complaint against FC Porto for the informative article published in Dragões Diário which, according to the body, attacks the dignity and honor of the members who govern the Arbitration Council. The phrase ‘It seems that someone controls arbitration in Portugal and it is clearly not its leaders’ was considered more harmful than the one, meanwhile filed by the Disciplinary Council, which stated, categorically, that Pedro Proença, Duarte Gomes, Nuno Almeida, and João Capela worked under the orders of some club presidents. It seems like a joke, but it is not”.

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