Rui Costa was disciplined by the Disciplinary Board after criticizing the refereeing team led by Thiago Martins in the match between Benfica and Sp. Braga, which led to the departure of the eagles from the Portuguese Cup. In a statement published this Monday on the FPF website, but dated February 17, it can be read that this decision is the result of a complaint filed by the Arbitration Board.
According to the same note, this decision concerns “the establishment of a reported fact, namely in terms of an insult to the honor or respect of the arbitrators or in terms of a violation of general duties, as submitted by the report of the Arbitration Board of the Portuguese Football Federation”.
“There were too many cases and too obvious to move words here. What happened here today has no explanation. The game began with the complete dominance of Benfica. Great first half hour when we scored a goal and were out of the game because of the penalty. to make it 2-0. There is a very clear penalty against Gonçalo Guedes, curiously, with the same referee who was VAR at Estádio da Luz a few weeks ago and almost forced Artur Soares Dias to score a penalty against us at Benfica-Sporting in application with exactly the same dynamics, this time with greater intensity, but closed her eyes. Fabio Melo, VAR, also turned a blind eye to the same application,” he stressed.
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