FC Porto hit out at Sporting-Santa Clara refereeing: “What’s the standard?” | OneFootball

On social network X, FC Porto shared an image of the incident involving Flávio Gonçalves and Henrique in Sporting’s penalty area and left a question hanging in the air: “What is the standard for this matchday?”

That remark has also been interpreted as an allusion to the penalty awarded to Gabri Veiga in the previous round’s match between Braga and FC Porto.

Gonçalo Paciência and Petit commented on the refereeing

At the end of the match, Gonçalo Paciência expressed his displeasure with the referee’s performance.

“When you come to Alvalade, score three goals and get no points, it’s difficult—three goals because they are three goals. Everyone saw it, I don’t want to fuel the refereeing debate, but it is what it is, it’s the football we have, it’s the league we want to promote. There are plenty of artists out there to comment,” the forward began by telling Sport TV, after being confronted with the fact that all three matches between Sporting and Santa Clara this season had ended in controversy.

“It’s not by chance. I wasn’t in the others, but it was there to see. We scored the first goal, then Mangas slips and it’s called a foul. But the team played well. Three goals at Alvalade and we leave with no points… Let’s move on, there’s another game next week,” he added.

Petit, coach of the Azorean side, admitted there had been “incidents” in this match.

“We managed to make it 3-2, but the first time the referee disallowed it. I still haven’t seen the incident properly, but from nearby I have the feeling there’s no foul (…) There were incidents that we will have to analyse, and those whose job it is to analyse them should do so. We have plenty of commentators—let them watch,” said the Azorean coach.

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