The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) has granted FC Porto’s injunction to ban two matches from the Estádio do Dragao, filed by the Disciplinary Council (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
Sources of national champions connected to the process have confirmed to Lusa the decision of TAD, which allows the suspension of the professional section of the FPF CD, the entry into force of which 15 days after its announcement will affect FC receptions. Porto to Sporting CP in the “classics” of the third round of the 2022/23 I League championship on the weekend of 20 and 21 August and to Desportivo de Chaves on the sixth, 10 or 11 September.
On 20 July, the national champions announced that they would “convincingly appeal and revoke” the two-game ban sanction, arguing that it was due “only and only to the conduct of elements outside the structure” of the club.
We are talking about the incidents in the “classic” match between Porto and Sporting CP in the 22nd round of the 2021/22 I league season, as a result of which the “dragons” were also fined 25,245 euros for “throwing an object”. without reflection in the game” and “qualified dereliction of duty”.
The Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Football Federation also fined FC Porto’s SAD security coordinator João Paulo Sousa a fine of €1,530, while field director and security director Ricardo Carvalho and Carlos Carvalho respectively received fines of €918 each.
Manuel Silva (blue vest no. 02), Carlos Elias (no. 03) and Claudio Filipe Nova (no. 05), listed in the document as “support elements of FC Porto SAD promotions”, received 75 points. days of suspension and a fine of 3,060 euros for “aggression”.
Within days of the Classic, which took place on 11 February and ended in a 2-2 draw, Matheus Reis, Sporting’s Brazilian defender, was disciplined but found not guilty of violating the rules of aggression.
These penalties were announced after an investigation was launched into incidents confirmed by the reception of “dragons” by “lions”, such as the throwing of ball traps and metal objects in the form of a projectile, or the behavior of sports venue assistants and members of the promotional activation team.
With 12 games left in the league, then-leading Porto kept six points ahead of Sporting as they finished second after opening goals from Paulinho (eight minutes) and Nuno Santos (34) Fabio Vieira. (38 minutes) and Mehdi Taremi (78), who have played with a numerical advantage since the age of 49 after Coats was sent off.
The Portuguese Cup and Super Cup winners Candido de Oliveira begin the defense of the national title with the reception of Maritimo on Saturday at 20:30 at the Dragão Stadium in Porto, in the first day game. 2022 editions /23 I leagues.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
