“Bednarek punched and ignored” – FC Porto hit out at Casa Pia officiating | OneFootball

Following the statements made by Francesco Farioli, who said that “strange things happened” in Saturday’s match against Casa Pia, FC Porto once again criticized José Bessa’s refereeing in Rio Maior. The complaints appear in the match report published on the dragons’ official website.

“FC Porto have still not dropped any points in Liga Portugal, and not even the numerous obstacles encountered in Rio Maior stopped the national champions from securing their sixth win in as many rounds,” the dragons begin by saying.

“Francesco Farioli opted to start Jan Bednarek, Francisco Moura and Inbeom Hwang — in the positions occupied by Nehuén Pérez, Martim Fernandes and Alan Varela in the Champions League — and the Polish centre-back came close to scoring right at the start, after a cross from Gabri Veiga and before being punched in the head by the home goalkeeper,” they point out.

“Shortly afterwards, Jakub Kiwior sent a long ball forward, André Silva cushioned it, and Gabri struck first time into the top corner, but the post denied Porto’s number 10 a great goal. In the 13th minute, David Sousa handled the ball inside his own area, but José Bessa gave nothing, and Casa Pia then even benefited from a penalty for an alleged foul by Pablo Rosario — Henrique Araújo did not waste the gift (1-0),” FC Porto continues, recalling that before half-time, André Silva “was violently struck in the face by Khaly, but the officiating team once again turned a blind eye.”

“After another couple of bizarre decisions at the start of the second half, the title holders continued to follow the recipe for success and reaped the rewards on the hour mark, when Kiwior glanced in a header and made the most of a Gabri Veiga corner (1-2),” add the national champions.

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