Anything goes! Marco Silva's right-hand man fined in Porto-Benfica | OneFootball

The Disciplinary Board (CD) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has fined Ricardo Rocha, Marco Silva’s assistant at Benfica, following the incident recorded in the derby against FC Porto, which ended in a 3-1 win for the Dragons.

The Eagles coach’s right-hand man was sanctioned with a fine of 2,040 euros after being sent off during the match. On the FC Porto side, Rui Correia, the blue and whites’ team manager, was also punished, in this case with a fine of 570 euros.

According to the report drawn up by referee Miguel Nogueira, both men were sent off for having “confronted each other outside the technical area”, making the intervention of other people present necessary to separate them.

In an additional clarification submitted to the case, the referee stressed that both dismissals resulted from the “situation of mutual confrontation they became involved in outside their respective technical areas”. Miguel Nogueira also considered that the episode amounted to “direct physical confrontation between official members of opposing teams”, understanding that this justified the showing of red cards.

Despite the incident, it was not possible to determine which words were exchanged between Ricardo Rocha and Rui Correia. The referee explained that, due to the atmosphere inside the Estádio do Dragão, he was unable to hear the expressions used by the two individuals: “Given the high level of noise recorded in the stadium at the exact moment of the altercation, it proved impossible to hear the expressions used,” Miguel Nogueira clarified in the disciplinary proceedings.

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