Pepe and Tabata miss Portuguese Cup classic by punishment
The Council of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) Discipline in Discipline communiquéthis Tuesday, the punishments applied following the classic FC Porto-Sporting match of the 22nd round, which took place on the 11th of February.
Pepe and Tabatas for 2 days have to pay each a payment penalty.
More than two months after the incidents, the punishments that are not to be carried out in integrity are known later. According to the statement from the FPF Disciplinary Board, “in the current sanction, the suspension applied with the suspension must already be brought in contact with the suspension already carried out”.
The FC Porto defense and the Sport midfielder were preventively suspended on the 15th of February, but are available for the same months of the month on the 28th.
With days of suspension to be served, Pepe and Tabata are out of the Portuguese Cup derby to be played on Thursday.
The “Leonine” player, Matheus Reis, was also punished The Brazilian missed a game and was fined 510 euros for the obscene gesture against Francisco Conceição during the game.
The director general of FC Porto, Luís Gonçalves, was also punished. He will have to serve 68 days of suspension, but, in this case too, “the preventive suspension must be taken into account now”.
FC Porto and Sporting drew 2-2 in the classic of the 22nd round, played on Friday at Estádio do Dragão, in Porto, in a match in which the national champions scored first, through Paulinho and Nuno Santos, and the leaders of championship tied, with goals from Fábio Vieira and Taremi.