Benfica call out Villas-Boas’s hypocrisy, Rui Costa hits back with video | OneFootball

Benfica released a video through their official channels, highlighting all the refereeing decisions that went unpunished in favor of Porto during the classic match played last Sunday, October 5th. This sharing comes after André Villas-Boas's comments, who claimed that the blue and whites were disadvantaged in the classic of the eighth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic.

André Villas-Boas made several controversial statements when speaking to the media at the Portugal Football Globes, first stating that Porto had been disadvantaged in the classic against Benfica, and that he would file a complaint against Pavlidis for alleged aggression.

calling Rui Costa and Frederico Varandas "whiners." At the heart of the accusation are the statements issued by the Lisbon clubs regarding refereeing in the Portuguese championship.

Benfica now responds to these criticisms made by André Villas-Boas with a revealing video about the reality of the events in the classic held at the Dragão stadium. The footage shows seven different incidents that went unpunished by the referee, where several Porto players exhibit unsportsmanlike behavior. As a separator between the situations presented, appears... the whiner.

The video includes the following incidents: a tackle by Gabri Veiga on Sudakov (7'); an elbow by Alan Varela on Pavlidis (12'); a stamp by Francisco Moura on Lukebakio (20'); a heated exchange of words between Enzo Barrenechea and Alberto Costa (28'); a ball dispute between Samu and António Silva (36'); an attempted tackle by Bednarek on Lukebakio (49'); Pepê steps on Dahl's right foot after arriving late to the ball (61'); an aerial dispute between Bednarek and Pavlidis (70'); a stamp by Alan Varela on Sudakov's left heel (77').

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