“Bednarek punched, no call” – FC Porto hit out at Casa Pia refs | OneFootball

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

“FC Porto continue without dropping points in Liga Portugal, and not even the countless 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 the Porto number 10 a great goal. In the 13th minute, David Sousa handled the ball inside his own box, 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 continue, while recalling that, before half-time, André Silva “was struck violently in the face by Khaly, but the refereeing team once again turned a blind eye”.

“After another couple of baffling decisions at the start of the second half, the title holders kept following the recipe for success and reaped the rewards around the hour mark, when Kiwior flicked on with his head and provided the perfect continuation to a Gabri Veiga corner (1-2),” add the national champions.

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