Benfica boss hits out after Sporting scandal: "Frustrating" | OneFootball

Ivan Baptista expressed his frustration with the draw in the Sporting – Benfica match, in the eighth round of the Liga BPI. The eternal derby ended in a one-all draw, but the Eagles saw a goal disallowed for a non-existent offside, and the Club from Luz has already responded to the incident in an official statement.

“We scored a goal, we could have scored more. In fact, we scored two, but one was disallowed due to the referee’s haste in calling an offside that didn’t exist, a clean goal that ended up not counting and that impacted the result,” said Ivan Baptista after the Sporting – Benfica match.

“These are hasty decisions that those who aren’t on the field don’t make. For us it’s frustrating because it was a clean goal and that’s a fact, it’s not a matter of interpretation, because offside is not open to interpretation. But it’s a normal mistake for someone who’s on the field and has to decide in a split second,” added the Eagles’ coach.

“I leave frustrated because the goal wasn’t validated and I’m sure the referee will leave even more frustrated because it’s her job. I don’t want to dwell on that, especially since I myself made many mistakes today, otherwise we would have won 5-0 or 6-0; it’s part of the game, unfortunately today it harmed us, next week it might harm someone else,” Ivan Baptista said.

“As for the impact, it feels like a defeat, it doesn’t feel like a victory, it really feels like a defeat, and the players’ faces at the end show that. At the same time, that motivates and makes me proud from the group’s mentality standpoint: to come to the rival’s home, leave them five points behind, not depending only on themselves to be champions, and still leave frustrated shows our internal demands,” concluded the coach of Benfica’s women’s football team.

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