André Villas-Boas slams league: “Hurting FC Porto and Portugal” | OneFootball

The president of the Dragons, André Villas-Boas, spoke this Tuesday about the controversy surrounding the rescheduling of the Arouca-FC Porto match, which was moved from Sunday, September 28, to Monday, the 29th. The club has filed an injunction and is waiting for a timely decision. Villas-Boas did not hold back in his criticism of the decision made by the Portuguese League.

“For FC Porto, what happened is clearly a breach, an illegality, and a different interpretation of the competition regulations. Therefore, Porto’s football department is analyzing the possibilities of moving forward with an injunction that may or may not have the effect of canceling the match against Arouca. And we must also consider that the unpredictability of the court’s decision date could disrupt the team’s preparation for the match, should the injunction not have the outcome FC Porto wants,” Villas-Boas began, speaking on the sidelines of a protocol signing.

“So, all of this is being analyzed by us, from every angle. Our formal complaint to the League has been submitted, regarding what we see as a violation of the competition framework regulations and a decision that the President of the League ended up making, which in our view infringes the regulations. FC Porto, in any case, will be ready for any opponent, on any field, at any time—this is a commitment we have to make. Therefore, if we have to play, we will always go at full strength, obviously,” he said, before launching a new attack on the League’s leadership.

“The short gap between matches, the lack of respect for the necessary hours for a European match, is something that harms us, harms FC Porto, and obviously harms Portugal in terms of the UEFA country coefficient, where it seems clear to us that it is becoming increasingly difficult to aspire to 6th place. Furthermore, our own seventh place is at risk. All of these are considerations that the League should have taken into account, but it seems unwilling to do so in FC Porto’s case, and we cannot fail to record and submit our formal complaint on this matter.”

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