Pedro Proença loses out to Sporting, case finally closed | OneFootball

The Supreme Administrative Court (STA) has rejected the appeal filed by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) in the case concerning Conrad Harder, putting an end to a case that had been dragging on since last season.

The Danish international, currently playing for Leipzig, was sent off at the end of the match between Santa Clara and Sporting, from the last edition of Liga Portugal Betclic, a game that Sporting won 1-0. Harder received a red card after the final whistle, following a celebration in which he shouted the expression “Yeah”, as recorded in referee Cláudio Pereira’s report.

Based on that report, the Disciplinary Council (CD) handed the forward a one-match suspension, preventing him from playing in the following round against Moreirense, a match that Sporting ended up winning 3-1 at Alvalade. However, due to the delay by the CD in issuing a final decision, the Alvalade club was unable to appeal in time to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) to request the suspension of the ban through an injunction.

Nevertheless, as a matter of principle, Sporting decided to take legal action. The strategy proved successful from a legal standpoint, as all the courts involved ultimately sided with Sporting.

With the decision now made by the STA, which rejected the FPF's appeal, as reported by the newspaper Record, the case is now definitively closed, confirming Sporting’s position. However, this is merely a moral victory, since the sporting damage caused by Harder’s absence against Moreirense is irreversible.

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