Villas-Boas blasts bias, Porto president targets Benfica and Sporting | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas has intensified the debate over Porto’s treatment, accusing pundits of anti-Porto bias and turning his fire on Benfica and Sporting in a signed piece for the club magazine.

According to Glorioso 1904, the Porto president wrote that the club faces a daily fight against insinuations and manufactured narratives that stray from neutrality, rigour and professional ethics.

He referenced televised lines about Francisco Moura’s reaction to a penalty and a jibe about him wanting to be a ball boy, calling it part of a pattern designed to create disruption, shape perceptions, seed suspicion and reduce Porto to a convenient caricature.

Villas-Boas contrasted that with what he described as more serious episodes that drew muted attention. He cited a club refusing a journalist entry to cover a game in its pavilion, breaching basic principles of press freedom and access to information, and a club captain kicking an opponent in the head, with images of the incident disappearing in enigmatic fashion.

His remarks came as Benfica had responded to controversy at the Dragão. Villas-Boas argued these matters deserved a broader collective response from Portuguese football and society.

Source: Glorioso 1904