The Disciplinary Council (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation decided to punish Pinto da Costa with 35 days of suspension.
At issue are the criticisms of the still president of FC Porto regarding the refereeing of the Dragons’ game against Estoril, which ended in defeat (1-0).
Given this, on the table is the possibility of Pinto da Costa ending his reign at FC Porto while suspended.
In a statement, the CD states that the 86-year-old leader was punished for “injury to honor and reputation and slanderous accusation”, due to statements made at the end of the defeat of the team coached by Sérgio Conceição in Amoreira (1-0 ), on March 30, for the 27th round.
Pinto da Costa accused the main referee, António Nobre, of “not being able to referee” FC Porto’s visit to Estoril, the incidents of which led to the opening of participations for the Dragons, who received a fine of 15,810 euros, and the manager, equally critical towards Tiago Martins, video referee (VAR) of that match.
António Nobre sent off goalkeeper Diogo Costa and striker Francisco Conceição, both from FC Porto, and Bernardo Vital, Estoril’s central defender, having applied the same sanction after the final whistle to Luís Gonçalves, administrator of Porto’s SAD.
