Tito Arantes Fontes hails Sporting, pokes fun at Benfica: “Mediocrity" | OneFootball

Tito Arantes Fontes once again provoked Benfica, this time focusing on their performance in the League, without forgetting the TAD’s decision in favor of Sporting.

Tito Arantes Fontes used his usual opinion column in Jornal Sporting to review the Liga Portugal Betclic so far. The former president of Grupo Stromp took the opportunity to criticize Benfica’s performance against Estrela da Amadora, while also mentioning the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD), which annulled the suspension of Conrad Harder – who may be leaving the Lions – imposed by the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation.

“In the matches this round of our historic rivals, well… the mediocrity that was already sensed in Benfica’s game appeared, with a sad and very poor performance in Amadora. They were saved by a heaven-sent penalty,” Tito Arantes Fontes began by saying.

Next, the well-known Sporting supporter took the chance to include Porto in the conversation, taking a jab at those who downplay the Lions and not forgetting the ongoing election saga at Benfica: “Curious, in this regard, that – in this context – there are those who claim that Sporting ‘will surely be a top opponent’ for our indicated rivals… we’re left wondering if the question isn’t exactly the opposite… aren’t they exactly the ones who are the opponent of the two-time champion? Also curious is the way that, on the other side of the Segunda Circular, candidacies are polarized around systematic attacks on Sporting, always with the ‘Calimero talk’, which seems to be rooted in those people.”

Moving on to the TAD’s decision to revoke the disciplinary sanction applied to Conrad Harder in the 29th round of last season’s Liga Portugal, after the striker’s expression “Yeah” was interpreted as provocative, Tito Arantes Fontes mocked the Disciplinary Council’s stance: “‘Yeah!’ (as we all know, this word, a mere and innocuous interjection, was – according to the disciplinary criteria of the federation bodies – considered a recognized swear word… of worldwide level, I might add!). TAD decided well! The Disciplinary Council had decided badly!”

Finally, Tito Arantes Fontes maintained his criticism, stating that Sporting could have been harmed by the decision if they hadn’t achieved the much-desired two-time championship: “Meanwhile, Harder served his suspension and Sporting CP was harmed by his absence, at a decisive stage of last season’s Championship. It could have been complicated and it wasn’t, only because the Club overcame all those difficulties and became Champion, also winning the Portuguese Cup!” he concluded.

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