Tiago Silva: “Benfica have no right to criticise anyone”

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·4 novembre 2025

Tiago Silva: “Benfica have no right to criticise anyone”

The sports commentator Tiago Silva once again launched strong criticisms about football management in Portugal, pointing with particular severity to refereeing and the reactions of some clubs, especially highlighting Benfica.

“Benfica, if there is a club that has no moral whatsoever to criticize anything regarding what other clubs do against the norms, it is Benfica. In this, they lead,” the Porto commentator began to state.

According to Tiago Silva, the complaints coming from Luz lose credibility when confronted with the club's own history. At the same time, he criticized the way FC Porto has reacted to recent episodes related to refereeing.

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“I don't find this productive. What FC Porto should do is not this. This has absolutely no effect. What the club should do is hold a press conference and expose, with facts, what has been the scandal in Portuguese football,” he argued.

The commentator went further, pointing to the responsibility for the double standards applied by referees and the media influence of refereeing commentators.

“There are identical incidents with completely divergent opinions. Public opinion is manipulated, reality is distorted, and an alternative reality is created to whitewash what has been happening in Portuguese stadiums,” he lamented.

In Tiago Silva's opinion, FC Porto should adopt a more institutional and sustained stance, presenting concrete evidence of the alleged recurring injustices.

“The club should come forward with facts – what happened in Guimarães, once again with António Nobre, and so many other situations. Only in this way is the double standard denounced. Otherwise, these emotional reactions only have the opposite effect,” he concluded, warning that “referees are corporatists and, next time, they might react in the opposite direction.”

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