Sporting repudiated this Sunday, in a statement, the acts of violence that occurred on Saturday at the José Alvalade Stadium, during the match of the First Football League with Casa Pía, and announced the ‘cut’ with the Juventude Leonina supporters club.
“Sporting Clube de Portugal regrets and repudiates the episodes of violence that occurred yesterday (Saturday), at the Estádio José Alvalade, during the match with Casa Pia,” wrote Sporting, without forgetting to thank the “support of all those who, as always , contributed positively to lead the team to victory”.
Alvalade’s club takes the opportunity to reiterate its position “in favor of a healthy sporting spectacle, lived as a family and in support of its club, and will maintain its intransigence in the fight against crime and violence in sport.”
“Whoever identifies with Sporting’s values, and supports it above all, does not adopt certain behaviors, much less cause significant, deliberate and recurring damage that seriously harms the club,” explained the Leonese club.
Given what happened, with a police charge to the fans, which began with the launch of fireworks, Sporting also reports that “it will actively collaborate with the security forces and the APVDC (Authority for the Prevention and Fight against Violence in the Sport). ) to identify all those responsible for the events of Saturday.
“Due to what happened, and after an accumulation of similar events, as well as the irregularities also identified by the APVDC, Sporting also ends the attempts to conclude a protocol with the Associação Juventude Leonina,” the statement concludes.
On Saturday, Sporting beat Casa Pia 3-1 in Alvalade, with goals from Paulinho (57th minute), Nuno Santos (59th minute) and Pedro Gonçalves (65th minute, from a penalty), after Clayton gave the outsiders the lead. in the first part (43).
With this result, the ‘lions’ are provisionally promoted to fourth place in the I League, after 10 games, three points behind FC Porto and Sporting Braga and nine behind the leader Benfica.
Source: TSF
