Villas-Boas plays victim, stirs up Clássico with Sporting swipe | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas took advantage, at the end of Friday morning, of his presence at the ongoing World Cup "Trophy Tour" at Estádio do Dragão to preview the much-anticipated Classic between Porto and Sporting, and the president of the Dragons took a jab at the Lions.

"The championship will reach its epilogue at the end of May, and that’s when we want to see Porto in first place. The rest is just 'show off' and part of the spectacle, but we cannot fail to note the spread of this green wave by some media outlets, some with red microphones, others blue, but all tending towards green," he said to the press present.

The former coach of the "invicta club" continued to point the finger at journalists. "I understand the schizophrenia of some media outlets, trying to take advantage of a Porto defeat. I get the excitement of some media, who are clearly aligned with green, this year and in previous years, in order to hype up the match even more", he stated.

Despite the provocations, Villas-Boas has no doubt he will face a very competitive Sporting. "The opponent is tough, they are national champions for two years running, and they are currently in a stronger moment than Porto, who are coming off a defeat to Casa Pia, but we will play with our weapons, our style, our ambition and motivation," he said.

It should be remembered that this Thursday, February 5, Frederico Varandas was once again acquitted, this time by the Lisbon Court of Appeal, for having called Pinto da Costa an “active corrupter”, the former president of Porto, on March 5, 2022, the day of the last Sporting elections.

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