Referee expert says Gatti caught Sporting player in the face with his arm | OneFootball

Pedro Henriques analyzed the performance of the refereeing team in the match between Juventus and Sporting, which ended in a draw (1-1). The expert mentions only one mistake by Daniel Siebert, stating that Federico Gatti should have received a yellow card after hitting Fotis Ioannidis in the face with his arm.

"6’ Federico Gatti, by extending his right arm and hitting Ioannidis in the face, should have been cautioned with a yellow card, in addition to the direct free kick that was awarded. A negligent gesture and action and unsportsmanlike behavior that should have been sanctioned disciplinarily," reads his analysis, published in the newspaper A Bola.

Furthermore, the former Portuguese referee criticized the added time given by the match referee, both before halftime and at the end of the match: "45’ The referee gave only one minute of added time, recovery of lost time, but it was too little for the incidents, namely two goals and three yellow cards."

"90’ The referee gave four minutes of added time, recovery of lost time, but with five stoppages for substitutions, where ten players came on, and with some stoppages to check the condition of players who were on the ground, plus the two yellow cards shown, the correct time should have been six minutes," he further emphasized.

With this draw – the second in 17 matches this season – the team led by Rui Borges now has seven points in the competition and is provisionally in 10th place. Sporting's next match in the international competition is scheduled for Wednesday, November 26, at 8:00 PM, against the Belgians of Club Brugge, at Alvalade.

The green and white team will return to the field next Saturday, November 8, against Santa Clara, in a match related to the 11th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The match against the team led by Vasco Matos will be played at 8:30 PM, at the Estádio de São Miguel, in Ponta Delgada.

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