The suspects of bigotry with two FC Porto supporters on the Estoril Praia grounds have already been identified, this Monday confirmed to Lusa, an official source of the Authority for the Prevention and Combating Violence in Sport (APCVD).
An APCVD source, contacted by Lusa, reported the identification of suspects, with the cooperation of the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) and the opening of an administrative criminal trial for the acts committed on Saturday during the Estoril Praia draw at the reception of the champion FC Porto (1-1), of the seventh round of the I Portuguese football league.
It concerns insults against a man, with a child on his lap, both dressed in FC Porto shirts, which are said to have been spat on, while they were in an area of the bench intended for the supporters of the host country. which can be punished with fines between 1000 and 10,000 euros and with a fine of a ban on access to sports locations.
The same source assured that after the incident and according to the APCVD, the father and the child in the FC Porto shirt, victims of bigotry, remained seated on the same bench, albeit with the need to move them a few meters. protect your physical integrity. Child and father went on like this with their respective club’s shirts, welcomed by Estoril fans who stood out and outraged the acts of intolerance that had taken place.
On Sunday, Estoril Praia deplored what had happened and condemned “all acts of violence of any kind”.
“We deeply regret the situation that the daughter of the FC Porto supporter has experienced in the António Coimbra da Mota stadium. We apologize to her and hope that she will never appreciate the true essence of sport. We condemn the attitude of those who cannot control their emotions and allow provocative attitudes of alleged football fans to turn into a deplorable moment of aggression that has no place in a football stadium”is stated in the Cascalense emblem communiqué.
Estoril Praia ends this note by making herself available “continue to work with the appropriate authorities in seeking adequate solutions to prevent episodes of this type from happening again in a sports venue”.
Earlier, the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, João Paulo Correia, and the President of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), Pedro Proença, had dismissed this incident.
“This child and his father were the victims of intolerable bigotry by a group of supporters of the opposing side. These kinds of incidents cannot take place in our stadiums, nor can we accept attempts to normalize intolerance in the sport.”João Paulo Correia responded via the social network Twitter.
For the rest, the State Secretary for Youth and Sport took measures against offenders: “The Authority for the Prevention and Combating Violence in Sport will act against the behavior of the fans concerned. We will continue to fight relentlessly”.
Questioned by Lusa, the same APCVD source reported the existence of approximately 1,800 final convictions, with no appeal, and 560 measures in place prohibiting access to sports venues, as a result of the activities of the past three years.
In total, about 250 supporters are currently denied access to sports locations, according to data from the National Sports Information Point, 170 of which after measures by the APCVD.
The LPFP chairman also called for a “common reflection”, stressing that “no one” should be absent from this discussion.
“The cry of a terrified child holding his father’s arms in a football stadium should be enough to make us… STOP!!!”wrote Pedro Proença, on the social network Facebook.
The LPFP leader urged: “Reject with determination and conviction all acts that attack all those who build the spectacle that football should be”in a “moment of recovery” from competitions and in which the aim is to “return families to the sports stages”.
“We will have to be adamant in defending these values, but we are sure, however, that change begins in each of us, in the reflection on what is sport and citizenship. This reflection will be a substantial part of this path. is good and to demand resources and conditions to make it effective”emphasized Proença.
This is the second time in a week that both the Secretary of State for Youth and Sport and the chairman of the LPFP have regretted incidents involving supporters in I Liga stadiums.
Exactly one week ago, a kid had to take off a Benfica jersey in the Famalicão stadium, while sitting on a bench with his father with a majority of local fans.
Source: DN
