‘It’s true that Porto offered us girls’ The former referee says he was asked by the Dragons to influence the outcome of the Benfica 1-1 Moreirense match (1-1, 2004).

Jacinto Paixao recorded a video, which can be viewed on YouTube, where he admits that FC Porto provided him with prostitutes after the game against Estrela da Amadora (2-0) in 2003/04 and asked him to influence Benfica – Moreirense (1-1) in 2004. He also hints that he fears for his life due to his involvement in the Apito Dorado trial.

“My name is Jacinto Paixao, a famous former judge. What I am about to say is meant to be recorded for posterity in case something happens to me or my family,” the former judge begins.

Shortly thereafter, he makes the first revelation about a game that was not investigated in the national football corruption trial: “Benfica-Moreirense, 1-1, February 29, 2004. Porto contacted me. influence the outcome of the game.

In that match, the Reds complained about a goal that was severely disallowed due to an alleged positional offside by Fernando Aguiar. Nuno Gomes struck, and Tito hit the ball into his own net.

Then, in a recorded confession in Portuguese and English, Paixau talks about FC Porto-E. Amadora (2-0), 2003/04 season, and makes another discovery. “Porto really offered us girls, as usual, as they did in the game Porto – Academica (4: 1) in the 2002/2003 season.” This match was also not investigated in Golden Whistle.

Speaking of the clash of blue and white players, he adds: “That night, after the Porto Estrela game in Amadora, my assistants and I met with Reinaldo Teles (Vice President of the Dragons), Antonio Garrido and referee Paulo. Silva and his assistants. I was the only one affected, as everyone was breastfeeding, and I was the one who suffered forever.” Paixao retired from refereeing at the end of the 2004/05 season following the Apitu Dourado procedure.

At the end of the video, a new revelation: “It is true that FC Porto paid for my trip through the Cosmos agency in 1998 to go to Morocco with my assistants and referee Rosa Penico.”

Cosmos is the official agency of FC Porto. In early 1998, businessmen António Laranheira and Joaquim Oliveira owned it in equal shares. At the end of that year, Oliveira bought Laranjeira’s share.

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My name is Jacinto Paixao, a famous former judge. What I’m about to say next should be written down for posterity should anything happen to me or my family. Benfica 1-1 Moreirense draw, 29 February 2004: I was contacted by Porto to influence the outcome of the game. Amadora’s Porto Estrela in the 2003/04 season: it’s true that Porto offered us girls as usual, as happened in the Porto Academica game in the 2002/03 season. That evening after the Porto Estrela game in Amadora, my assistants and I joined Reinaldo Teles, Antonio Garrido, referee Paulo Silva and his assistants. I was the only one who got hurt because everyone sucks breasts, but I was the one who got hurt forever. It is true that Porto paid for my trip through the Cosmos agency in 1998 to go to Morocco with my two assistants and referee Joao Rosa Penicho.”

GARRIDO IN MIRA DO VILLAREAL

Jacinto Paixao will take care of dinner at the end of FC Porto-E. Amadora (2-0), 2004, in the restaurant where Reinaldo Teles and Antonio Garrido, a former referee who has collaborated with Porto players since the 80s, recently described the alleged situation in which Garrido and Bjorn Kuipers, the referee of FC Porto Villarreal (5-1), dined at the same place with the leaders of Porto on April 28 last year.

FRUITS AND COFFEE AS ​​CODES FOR “GIRLS”

FC Porto E. Amadora (2-0) in the 2003/04 season led to the “fruit case”, one of the most notorious cases of the Apito Dourado trial. Jacinto Paixao and the assistants were entitled to the services of a prostitute and dinner, for which the judges did not pay. It is in this context that telephone conversations take place between businessman António Araujo and Pinto da Costa, in which the former speaks to the leader of Porto about “fruits for sleep” and “coffee with milk”, orders to deliver “JP”.

“These were codes for girls,” Carolina Salgado, a former partner of Pinto da Costa, said in court. The case has been archived.

CAUSE PINTO DA COSTA INSPIRES BOAVISTA

The Administrative Court of the Circle of Lisbon (TACL) declared void the meeting of the Council of Justice on July 4, 2008, which confirmed the penalties applied by the Disciplinary Committee of the League against FC Porto (withdrawal of six points). ), Pinto da Costa (two-year ban) and Boavista (relegation) in the case of the Apito Final. Joao Loureiro, the former leader of the cage, was also suspended for 4 years.

The decision is the result of a lawsuit filed by the Porto leader against the Federation after the Court’s meeting. The then-president of the organization, Gonçalves Pereira, said that João Carrajola de Abreu was preventing participation in the vote: the hype ended with Pereira closing the session at 17:55. However, without the president, the Court decided to continue its session and confirmed the applied sanctions.

FC Porto reacted by stating that this decision “exposes” violations of the Law committed by sports justice. Who revives hopes is Boavista – currently in the 2nd division. “The issues raised in the appeal are similar to those raised in Boavista’s appeal,” the club said.