FC Porto issued a very harsh statement in response to attempts to associate the club with a refereeing scandal. The blue and white officials clarified that they do not appoint referees, strongly rejecting any accusation in that regard.
In the statement, the Porto club guaranteed that the only action it took was to publicly alert to an inappropriate appointment of referee Fábio Veríssimo, considering it unsuitable for the match in question.
The Porto officials harshly criticized those who tried to link FC Porto to the alleged refereeing scandal, arguing that the club only acted in the legitimate exercise of alerting to what it considers to be an incorrect appointment.
