FC Porto officially acknowledged having contacted Pedro Proença, president of the Refereeing Committee of the Portuguese Football Federation, to discuss the appointment of referee Fábio Veríssimo to officiate the Portuguese Cup quarter-final match.
The Porto club was not satisfied with the choice of Veríssimo to referee the match, having expressed their dissatisfaction through this contact with the maximum responsible for Portuguese refereeing.
Pedro Proença, as president of the Refereeing Committee, was the recipient of these complaints from FC Porto regarding the appointment of the referee for the cup competition eliminator.
The episode arises in the context of a frequently tense relationship between FC Porto and Portuguese refereeing, with the club publicly demonstrating its displeasure with the choice of the appointed referee for an important Portuguese Cup match.
