Pinto da Costa presented TAD with a precautionary measure due to the suspension that prevented him from competing in Jamora

Outgoing FC Porto SAD president Pinto da Costa on Tuesday filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) against the 35-day suspension imposed by the Disciplinary Board (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).

According to the jurisdictional body’s official Internet website, the 86-year-old director took the preventive measure and again challenged the initial decision of the professional department of the disciplinary body, to which a fine of 5,610 euros was added.

On Friday, a source connected to the process told Lusa that the full version of the FPF CD had rejected the first appeal filed by the still blue-white SAD president.

Pinto da Costa was fined for “harm to honor and reputation and slanderous accusation” for criticizing the refereeing at the end of the game against Estoril Praia, which the team coached by Sérgio Conceição lost (1-0) in 30 years. m match. March, 27th round of the I League.

The director accused chief referee António Nobre of the Leiria association of “failing to judge” the visit of FC Porto to Estoril, incidents of which led to the filing of a case against the SAD Dragoins, who was fined 15,810 euros. and its president, who was equally critical of Thiago Martins, the video referee (VAR) for that match.

António Nobre sent off goalkeeper Diogo Costa and striker Francisco Conceição, both from Porto, and Bernardo Vital, Estoril Praia’s centre-back, applying the same sanction after the final whistle to Luis Gonçalves, SAD administrator of the Blues and Whites “

Pinto da Costa first appealed the decision dictated by the CD FPF last week, when a cycle of 15 mandates and 42 years as president of FC Porto ended and the inauguration of Andre Villas-Boas, the former coach of FC Porto, took place. the blue and white football team against whom he lost the most attended election in the club’s history.

The transfer of powers to SAD, responsible for the management of professional football at FC Porto, will take longer and is scheduled for May 28, two days after the Portuguese Cup final, in which the Dragons will meet recent national champions Sporting. at the Estadio Nacional in Oeiras and will try to win the trophy for the third time in a row.

Pinto da Costa expressed the desire to symbolically follow this game on the bench of FC Porto, despite the CD FPF sanctions affecting the technical areas of the sites and going beyond the decision date of the Portuguese Cup, a scenario that can still be contradicted if TAD is taking a precautionary measure that will have suspensive consequences.

The game against Sporting ends Porto’s season and will mark the farewell to Pinto da Costa from SAD, where he has been president since 1997, the year the company was founded.