André Villas-Boas spoke this Tuesday morning outside Livraria Lello, where on Sunday Francesco Farioli renewed his contract, having among other things explained what motivated the participation against Frederico Varandas, which led the Disciplinary Board to initiate proceedings against the president of Sporting. Process that led to the complaint against Frederico Varandas «FC Porto waited a certain amount of time to see the reaction of the disciplinary bodies regarding the statements made by the president of Sporting, which are offensive to the good name of FC Porto, the credibility of Portuguese football and also attack refereeing for decades. We waited, waiting for a natural movement from what would be the disciplinary bodies, and we found that nothing happened.” Reason for the complaint against Frederico Varandas «Therefore, it was our understanding to write to APAF, the Portuguese Football Federation and the League, to condemn the statements, especially because they undermine the good name of the President of the Federation, who was a referee at the time. And attacking the good name of the President of the Portuguese Football Federation is serious. This should have been enough for the Portuguese Association of Football Referees to have moved. But he decided not to move. This is the second time that he has shown leniency regarding the statements made by the President of Sporting. For us it was surprising that no proceedings were initiated regarding these statements, which attack Portuguese football at all levels, against referees for decades and, evidently, against the most titled president in world football, who is Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. Therefore, from this principle, after this wait, we decided to participate, and we were pleased to see that the Disciplinary Board finally moved and initiated proceedings against the President of Sporting for these statements».