Benfica this Sunday denied in a statement that Spanish handball coach Chema Rodriguez attacked his Sporting colleague Ricardo Costa at the end of Saturday’s Copa del Portugal quarter-final derby.
According to the incarnations, Rodríguez “never attacked the Sporting coach at the end of the lion’s 34-30 win at Pavilhão n.º 2 Estádio da Luz in Lisbon after the statement. from rivals to condemn this act.
Thus, the accusation made by Sporting in their statement is false and defamatory. Benfica cannot afford to use false accusations to divert attention from the unsportsmanlike and provocative behavior of the Sporting team and their coach Ricardo Costa in the final part of the match. meeting. And this aroused the indignation of Chem Rodriguez, ”you can read in the communiqué of the Eagles.
Sporting condemned this aggression and another aggression against the captain of the team of El Salvador Salvador, this time by a “red” fan, at a time when disrespect was shown after the final whistle.
A police source confirmed to the Lusa agency three arrests in Pavilion 2 of the Luz Stadium in Lisbon, where Sporting beat Benfica 34–30.
The same source explained that a Benfica fan was detained after the game for assaulting Salvador El Salvador, while a Sporting fan was detained for assaulting an official.
Earlier, a source at the Office for the Prevention and Combating Violence in Sports (APCVD) had already told Lusa that a “red” fan had been detained in the enclosure for failing to comply with the ban on sports facilities.
According to the same source, detained for 24 years, he is a Benfica fan and in September 2022 the APCVD imposed a ban on sports venues due to pyrotechnics, which was intercepted by the Public Security Police (PSP) during the trial. to access the bench of the “red” building.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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