Benfica accuse FPF of favouring Sporting: successive refereeing mistakes | OneFootball

Benfica issued a statement through its official channels, accusing the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) of favoring Sporting through successive refereeing errors in the Lisbon rival's matches. The Eagles point to three matches where there were clear errors in favor of the Lions and have called for consequences from the Refereeing Council.

Read below the full statement from Benfica:

"Sport Lisboa e Benfica expresses its indignation at the successive refereeing errors observed at the start of this season, which have produced a clear pattern: constant disadvantages for Benfica and repeated benefits for Sporting, with a direct impact on the league standings.

1. Estoril-Sporting – A goal was validated in clear offside, with the inaction of the referee and a VAR that failed in its essential function. In the same game, an obvious penalty against Sporting was not called.

2. Sporting-Famalicão – Player Gonçalo Inácio should have been sent off when the game was tied. Once again, the referee was complacent, benefiting Sporting.

3. Sporting-Nacional – When Sporting was still at a disadvantage, a player from Madeira was sent off in a manner unanimously considered unjust and exaggerated, as the first yellow card had no basis.

Throughout these rounds – not forgetting what had already been observed at the end of last season – it becomes impossible to ignore the pattern of decisions that systematically favors Sporting and penalizes Benfica.

Sport Lisboa e Benfica believes that this reality cannot be explained merely by coincidences or mere human errors.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.