Three months on, Taça de Portugal still haunting Benfica | OneFootball

Benfica was fined around 816€ by the FPF Disciplinary Council following the statement that targeted Luís Godinho's refereeing and Tiago Martins' VAR. Practically three months after the Portuguese Cup final against Sporting, the case is still being talked about.

The fine imposed by the Federation - which recently postponed the first derby of the season - understood that Benfica's statement, issued on July 12, where the eagles demand that responsibilities be assumed for what happened: “Will there, in fact, be consequences for errors that are not limited to negligence, but can reveal signs of intent?”.

Today, August 25, the organism chaired by Pedro Proença made its decision on the case public, declaring the Luz Club guilty: “It is concluded that Benfica SAD's statement, in the marked segments, exceeds the limits of objective criticism, overflowing into the plane of subjective imputation, in the form of suspicion and without any objective basis to support it (contrary to the information it had), of a supposed intentional action to undermine sports truth”.

In its view, the Portuguese Football Federation considers that the red structure does not have legitimacy in its position: “Calling into question the impartiality, probity, honesty, and professional integrity of the specific video arbitration agents targeted and, thus, offending their honor, consideration, and dignity”.

“Furthermore, that insinuation of an intentional action and the suggestion that the permanence of referees in office constitutes an «insult» to Portuguese football contribute to and promote a climate of suspicion and radicalization of discourse and attitudes adopted in the sports context”, can be read in the statement issued by the Portuguese Football Federation.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.