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Visibly uncomfortable with Luís Godinho’s refereeing, Frederico Varandas was in the Artur Agostinho auditorium to speak with journalists. The Sporting president left harsh criticism of the referee’s performance, specifically in the unmarked penalty against Pedro Gonçalves and the expulsion of Zaidu reversed at 45 + 1 ‘.
«Today Sporting is sad because they lost two points and Portuguese football must be sad because they insist on not changing. I have seen the offer several times and ask a question. Do you know when this movement was reversed in the Dragon or the Light? Never. The referee sees a push in the back and signals. The VAR begins to question whether there is intensity, but is there a need? The VAR should only intervene in a fatal error. In Tondela I saw Doumbia step on, the referee showed red and the VAR called and returned to yellow. In Moreira de Cónegos there is a very clear penalty [sobre o Coates], called the VAR, the referee went to see the images and did not find them. These are the things that happen in Portuguese football, but especially with Sporting. Zaidu had to go into the street with a red right for a step that the VAR does not see, “he began by saying.
Frederico Varandas also targeted the other greats.
“Portugal has everything to be a fantastic country, but unfortunately, winning with merit and work is very difficult, so in football even more so. It doesn’t matter if the person was caught in wiretaps, if there are lawsuits … If he has power, if he won, everyone pays tribute. Sporting gives its full support to the presiding referee, but has already said it three times: if the soldiers stink, they stop. Sporting has values to which it does not surrender and we are not going to play dirty, but if we have to shout loud, we will shout loud. I want to believe that with this amount we will win ”, he concluded.
