“Alvalade robbery” has gone beyond Portugal, Spaniards stunned

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·4 April 2026

“Alvalade robbery” has gone beyond Portugal, Spaniards stunned

The refereeing in Sporting’s win over Santa Clara last Friday drew widespread criticism, including from Gonçalo Paciência, after seeing two of his goals disallowed. In Spain, Diario AS joined the debate by sharing an image of the controversial incident between Ricardo Mangas and Gabriel Silva and highlighting the reaction from Benfica and FC Porto:

“It happened in the Sporting-Santa Clara match, in the middle of the fight for the Portuguese league title. Porto and Benfica, the direct chasers, voiced their discontent on social media.”