Fernando Mendes slams bizarre call favouring Benfica: Like a soap opera | OneFootball

Fernando Mendes criticized a ‘foul’ on Gianluca Prestianni that favored Benfica in the match against Farense, in a Portuguese Cup game. According to the former Sporting footballer, the play that led to the Eagles’ first goal was not worthy of a foul.

The refereeing team had a different opinion, thus validating Benfica’s advantage by awarding the free kick from which the opening goal was scored: “After seeing this incident in the Benfica game, I changed the channel and started watching a Mexican soap opera,” he said on CMTV.

The commentator, who is associated with the green and white club, did not hide his displeasure with the decision made by the refereeing team in the cup match: “I was really outraged (...) Benfica’s first goal comes from a mistake,” emphasized Fernando Mendes.

where they will face Porto. Meanwhile, Sporting defeated Santa Clara (3-2, after extra time) and will host AFS at Alvalade in the next round.

It’s worth remembering that Fernando Mendes played for Sporting between the 1984/85 and 1989/1990 seasons. In total, the former left-back, who was capped 11 times for Portugal, played 115 matches and scored one goal, and won a Super Cup (1987) with the green and whites.

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