″ It is a singularity that breaks all records ″

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) clarified the situation around Palhinha’s fifth yellow card in Liga NOS

Francisco J. Marques, communication director of FC Porto, was on the Porto Channel this Tuesday, after commenting on the file of João Palhinha, who TAD did not cancel the yellow card displayed at Boavista-Sporting.

It should be remembered that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) clarified the situation regarding Palhinha’s fifth yellow card in the Liga NOS, shown to the midfielder in the match against Boavista, at Estádio do Bessa, in reference to matchday 15 . The judicial body explains that the card in question remains, but that the sanction resulting from a game of suspension has been without effect.

“It is one of the most surreal things, I do not remember any of this, it is a singularity that breaks all records. The yellow was wrong, it would be legitimate to remove the yellow from Palhinha, who instead of having five cards and serving punishment, that yellow would not exist and would have four. The truth is that it does not punish, but takes advantage of it to clean up, it is an attack on sports truth, it is important that Sporting comment on this. It is the strangest thing I remember seeing in Portuguese football, it shows how these things have to take a turn, this discredits, this fixes with TAD, fixes TAD credibility, makes you want to laugh. It’s really bad, “he said.