FC Porto strike deal with Sporting, away fans' ticket prices to be reduced | OneFootball

This is a rare sign of understanding between rival clubs, with a direct impact on the expenses of those who attend the stadiums, and now confirmed as the countdown to the classic begins: the boards of Sporting and FC Porto, led by Frederico Varandas and André Villas-Boas, agreed at the start of the season to reduce the price of tickets for visiting fans in their league encounters, lowering them from €31 to €25 – a reduction of 6 euros.

This amount will already be applied in Saturday’s match at Alvalade, benefiting Porto fans first, and will be repeated in the 21st round of the competition, on the weekend of February 8, when Sporting visits the Dragão.

The agreement between Varandas and Villas-Boas, a sign of institutional rapprochement after years of estrangement, aims to ease the costs for those who follow their team away from home and already face other expenses.

According to current regulations, each club is required to allocate 5% of its stadium’s capacity to visiting fans. Ticket prices comply with Article 105 of the League Competition Regulations; the maximum price, legally set for several seasons, was 31 euros.

It should be noted that FC Porto will put tickets for the classic against Sporting on sale online this Tuesday, starting at 10 a.m., for the match scheduled for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. at the Estádio de Alvalade. Tickets are nominal and non-transferable and cost 25 euros each. Each member with their July membership fee paid can purchase one ticket, according to the priority criteria defined by the club.

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