It is with faith in Sporting and with the criticism of the arbitration of the match between the lions against Marítimo, that the lions did not win because “the referee did not want to”, that the former president of the lions Sousa Cintra launches this Sunday’s match against benfica .
Speaking to TSFSousa Cintra affirms that despite Benfica having a “very powerful team” that has already conquered a “great distance” in front, or Sporting “has a packed, young team, with a great future and a good coach – indisputably a good coach – and everyone can happen”.
“As a Sporting fan that I am, I always believe in Sporting’s victory, although I recognize that it will be a very difficult match”, he acknowledges, not only because it will be played at La Luz, but because “Benfica is completely moralized by the results they have obtained”.
The referee “wanted Sporting to lose” in Madeira
Even so, the belief of the Sporting fans is added to the revolt over the result of the lions last Sunday, against Marítimo -a 1-0 defeat-, with Sousa Cintra pointing the finger at arbitration.
“They hurt us, it was unfair,” he says without reservation. “If the referee had scored that penalty in favor of Sporting, the result would have been different.”
Sousa Cintra goes further when he says that “Sporting’s defeat is not justified and is only justified because the referee, in fact, wanted Sporting to lose the game.”
“I have a lot of respect for the referees, but I think they have to be careful in their way of seeing things. They are saddening and upsetting the players and the mass association without any need. We want the truth in sport, Sporting has always wanted the truth in football”, he guarantees, thus adding to the criticism that had already been left in the TSF by Dias Ferreira.
Yes, Sousa Cintra acknowledges, “the one who deserves to win wins or the one with the luckiest wins”, for the former manager what happened on Sunday “is not more luck, it was the referee who did not want to, did not want to”. take the penalty and complicate everything”.
Thus, and before the game on Sunday, he leaves a hope: “That the arbitration is competent and that the best man wins.”
Benfica and Sporting face each other in a match for the 16th round of the championship next Sunday, starting at 6:00 p.m., in a match with a report on TSF.
Source: TSF
