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Sporting strongly condemns what it considers pressure from FC Porto to the health authorities and the League, and asks that the Blue and Whites be sanctioned for the content of the statement in which they accuse the Alvalade club of risking “an attack on public health” Si Nuno Mendes and Sporar were options in the classic semifinals of the League Cup, and to announce that they will require the Portugal League to request that all clubs send copies of the Covid-19 screening tests carried out to all players summoned.
“By threatening, knowing that it is a vain threat, with ‘rethinking participation in the quarterfinals of the League Cup’, FCP SAD only wants two false positives to continue falsifying the sports truth”, maintain the lions.
Here is the full statement:
In light of today’s announcement from FC Porto SAD, Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD mentions the following:
1. FC Porto SAD, pretending not to realize the obvious, entertains itself to put pressure, in an absolutely unacceptable way, on the Health authorities and the Portuguese League. It is expected that the content of the Official Communiqué, due to its seriousness, will be duly analyzed and sanctioned by the competent judicial bodies.
2. However, it is not worth trying to pollute public opinion; the situation is very simple and is explained as follows:
2.1 As announced today by the Clinical Director of Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD, the players Šporar and Nuno Mendes underwent PCR tests last Wednesday, which arrived, on Thursday 14, to reveal positive results;
2.2 Since Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD has always scrupulously adhered to the test plans and has even taken additional measures with the introduction of daily internal screening and taking into account the discrepancy between internal test results and test results. made on Wednesday. fair, Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD considered that these results would be, in all probability, false positives;
2.3 For this reason and in this context, Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD subjected its athletes to two other tests, in reference laboratories, carried out on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th;
2.4 The results of these tests were negative, which confirmed to Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD’s belief that the first results would be “false positives”;
2.5 In possession of these results, Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD contacted, in the regulatory terms, with the Territorially Competent Health Authority and the laboratory in charge of performing said tests;
2.6 Both the laboratory in question and the Territorially Competent Health Authority recognized that, due to the new tests, the two athletes in question were in a position to be considered fit for the game;
2.7 Given that, at the moment, none of the players in question is on the official platform for the identification of positive cases to COVID-19;
2.8 The prompt and responsible action of the Health Authority is to be commended, which made it possible to restore a flagrant injustice, similar, in fact, to what had already happened with an identical situation with another player participating in the Liga NOS;
3. That is why Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD considers that its players are trained and, through a technical option, they will be able to join the squad for the match to be played tomorrow, in the semi-final of the League Cup. , against FCP SAD.
4. By threatening, knowing that it is a vain threat, to “rethink participation in the quarterfinals of the League Cup”, FCP SAD only intends that two false positives continue to falsify the sports truth.
5. Sporting SAD will not give in to these pressures and asks the Board of Directors of the Portuguese League to do the same.
6. Simultaneously, Sporting CP – Futebol, SAD will require that the Board of Directors, both now and in relation to the games already played, request all participating SADs to send copies of all the exams carried out to all players called by each SAD. Only with this centralization will the transparency of the system be guaranteed.
