Pavlidis incident in AVS v Benfica assessed by expert: negligent | OneFootball

At the entrance to the eighth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, some notes are already known regarding the main plays that marked the previous matches. Duarte Gomes, former referee, analyzed the plays that took place in the matches of the three big ones, including the duel between AVS - Benfica, dealing with a virus, where he argues that there was a foul on Vangelis Pavlidis.

At the invitation of the Record newspaper, the former judge analyzed the plays that left some doubts in the sixth round, namely the AVS - Benfica, as well as the Sporting - Moreirense and Rio Ave - Porto. In José Mourinho's debut match, the former whistle man highlighted a play that involved the Greek striker.

According to Duarte Gomes, in the final stretch of the match, a foul was missed for the way Pavlidis was disarmed by the opponent: ""It was a situation that escaped the referee. There is apparently a cut in the ball, many complaints from the player... and when the referee sees a player with many complaints tends to suspect".

"In fact there is a cut in the ball and there is no offside. But after the cut in the ball there is a tackle from behind on the right leg sweeping Pavlidis. It's one of those plays where we realize that getting to the ball first doesn't always nullify the next foul if it's negligent", Duarte Gomes continued to explain.

Finally, Duarte Gomes stresses that the referee of the match did not make the best assessment of the play, arguing that the play and a sanction against the AVS defender were missed: ""It escaped the scrutiny of a referee. An action that went unpunished and a yellow card

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